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2023 Most Popular Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$62,738 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Doctor's Degree 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 Most Popular Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Psychology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago the most popular school in Illinois for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 72% of the psychology majors at the school.

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#2

Adler University

Chicago, IL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Adler University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 77% of the psychology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 87% of the psychology majors at the school.

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Out of the 17 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Of the 35 students majoring in psychology at Loyola Chicago, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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#5

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Roosevelt University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in Illinois. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 76% of the psychology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 71% of the psychology majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 75% of the psychology majors at the school.

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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 93% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 7% are male.

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Midwestern University - Downers Grove landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree psychology programs. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Downers Grove.

About 87% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Wheaton College Illinois came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 67% of the psychology majors at the school.

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Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 17 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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