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2023 Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

11 Colleges
$54,329 Avg Salary
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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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

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

Women make up 91% of the psychology majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great place for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 10% are male.

Full Psychology at National Louis University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

Read full report on Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in Illinois. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Psychology at Illinois State University

#5

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Eastern Illinois University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular psychology schools in Illinois. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

About 80% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in psychology at NIU, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Read full report on Psychology at Northern Illinois University

Chicago State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. CSU is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Read full report on Psychology at Chicago State University

#7

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate psychology programs. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 50% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#9

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL

With a ranking of #9, Trinity Christian College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Trinity Christian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Palos Heights.

Full Psychology at Trinity Christian College Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate psychology programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Full Psychology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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

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 11 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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