General Psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what University of Illinois at Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

UIC General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UIC General Psychology Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC General Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in psychology from UIC. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UIC, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.