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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 141,695 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,326 and had an average of $26,018 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 3,656 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,183 and $26,525 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,698 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. To top this list, a school must have a successful general psychology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 15 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Illinois Institute of Technology General Psychology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate. Northern Illinois University is a fairly large public school situated in Dekalb, Illinois. It awarded 14 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Illinois at Chicago General Psychology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Psychology at Northwestern University
Loyola University Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Psychology Major in Illinois for a Doctorate ranking. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 306 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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