School Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #260 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for school psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 157 degrees in school psychology annually.
The school psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for School Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for school 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best School Psychology Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the school psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Loyola University Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in school psychology. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 45 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Eastern Illinois University if you wish to pursue a degree in school psychology. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 52nd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 17 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at EIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Governors State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in school psychology. Located in the large suburb of University Park, GSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 80th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 17 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at GSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The school psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for School Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for school psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
