2024 Best Clinical Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
7
Colleges in Illinois
255
Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #12 in popularity,
clinical psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Clinical Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 255 doctor's degrees in clinical psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Clinical Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree
The clinical psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on clinical psychology students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of clinical psychology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical psychology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for clinical psychology students working on their doctor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Clinical Psychology Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.