General Psychology at Aurora University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Aurora University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,265. Of the 1,259 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Aurora University in 2021, 70 of them were general psychology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Aurora General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Aurora General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Aurora performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Aurora is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	164
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	407
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	518
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	900
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	1,071

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Aurora Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Aurora is $32,096. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Aurora

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Aurora University.

Aurora General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 70 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from Aurora in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Aurora University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Aurora also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Aurora University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.