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2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in Illinois

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

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular 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 .

Our analysis found The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago to be the most popular school for psychology students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Adler University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 33 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Adler University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Out of the 33 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in Illinois list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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With a ranking of #6, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Wheaton College Illinois did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for psychology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Northern Illinois University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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#10

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #10, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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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 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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