Psychology at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 279 students received their master's degree in psychology.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Northwestern Psychology Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #236 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 279 students who earned a master's degree in Psychology from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Northwestern, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	158
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Northwestern University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	267
General Psychology	20

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.