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2023 Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

9 Colleges
$54,329 Avg Salary
$18,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, psychology students earned 2,220 degrees and certificates from an Illinois school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago the best school in Illinois for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Illinois. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.

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Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #6, Roosevelt University did quite well on this year’s best schools for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Northern Illinois University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate psychology programs. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL

Trinity Christian College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Trinity Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Palos Heights.

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Chicago State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. CSU is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 735
Ohio 977
Wisconsin 529
Michigan 745

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nevit Dilmen.

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