by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Counseling Psychology is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,463 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 907 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,698 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in counseling psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in counseling psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree counseling psychology students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Counseling Psychology Major in Illinois list. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 253 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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