2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Illinois, there were 3,617 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree psychology students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 11 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago General Psychology Report

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Psychology at Northwestern

#3

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois

#5 in overall quality

$11,086 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. NIU is a fairly large school located in Dekalb, Illinois that handed out 10 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

NIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Psychology at Northern Illinois University

#4

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified doctorate’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#5

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695.

Read full report on General Psychology at Illinois Tech

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General 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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