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2023 Most Popular Online Psychology Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$38,925 Avg Salary
$25,926 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Psychology Colleges.

Our analysis found Chicago State University to be the most popular school for psychology students who want to pursue an online degree in Illinois. CSU is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

Full Psychology at Chicago State University Report

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Psychology at National Louis University

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 735
Ohio 977
Wisconsin 529
Michigan 745

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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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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