2022 Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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Community Psychology is the 531st most popular major in the country with 576 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 25 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in community psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the community 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 Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$12,096 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. National Louis University is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 9 doctorate’s community psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

NLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full NLU Community Psychology Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Community Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s community psychology students in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Community Psychology at DePaul

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Community Psychology (Income $30-$48k)

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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