2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Psychology 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.
The Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 30 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for psychology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Psychology Colleges.
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Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for psychology students. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year.
Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Psychology Schools in Illinois list.
Out of the 30 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.
SIUE undergraduate students pay an average of $11,496 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Governors State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Illinois. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.
GSU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,108 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 30 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Aurora undergraduate students pay an average of $26,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois list. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.
EIU undergraduate students pay an average of $12,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Psychology at Eastern Illinois University
Trinity Christian College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois list. Trinity Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Palos Heights.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinity Christian are $33,275 per year.
Concordia University, Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Concordia University, Chicago are $34,310 a year.
Read full report on Psychology at Concordia University, Chicago
Western Illinois University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Northern Illinois University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.
University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value psychology programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, UIS is a public college with a small student population.
UIS undergraduate students pay an average of $12,053 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 735 |
| Ohio | 977 |
| Wisconsin | 529 |
| Michigan | 745 |
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Majors Related to Psychology
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology
| 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 25 schools only.
- 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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