Congratulations!
UIC = IL at Chicago? I don't know much about either, but if you were to use rankings, here is one that has both:
JEL, vol.36 (June 2000), Table 1 - it's kind of a popular opinion poll (among dept heads if I'm not mistaken), but also based on NRC'97:
58. SUNY-Buffalo
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70. IL at Chicago