2022 Best Value Colleges for Other Psychology in Illinois (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Psychology Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,656 people earned their degree in other psychology, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,748 and had an average of $55,492 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 33 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,050 and $75,188 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Psychology Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois other psychology students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Other Psychology in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$24,664 Average Net Price

$68,272 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Psychology Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 33 degrees to qualified ’s other psychology students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Psychology Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwestern is $24,664 for Illinois Other Psychology students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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• Best Value Colleges for Other Psychology (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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