2025 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in applied psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #233 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 142 bachelor's degrees in applied psychology to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to applied psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other applied psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for applied psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Applied Psychology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Applied Psychology in Illinois

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for applied psychology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Applied Psychology

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

11 Annual Graduates

Loyola University Chicago is a great choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied psychology. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from Loyola University Chicago

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

122 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in applied psychology needs to take a look at University of Illinois at Chicago. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Applied Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Applied Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	2
Ohio	612	41
Indiana	535	38

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Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Applied Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Applied Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	26
Clinical Psychology	5
Forensic Psychology	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.