Clinical Psychology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #139 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 376 degrees in clinical psychology to qualified students.
Your choice of clinical psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for clinical psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Clinical Psychology Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the clinical psychology degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in clinical psychology. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 14 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
Loyola University Chicago is a great decision for students interested in a degree in clinical psychology. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat National Louis University if you want to pursue a degree in clinical psychology. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 12th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 43 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at NLU in the most recent year we have data available.
DePaul University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in clinical psychology. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 53 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent data year.
Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 24th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 37 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Roosevelt in the most recent data year.
Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Lisle. This university ranks 14th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 10 clinical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Benedictine U in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of clinical psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for clinical psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
