General Psychology at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626. In 2021, 103 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from EIU.

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.

EIU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

EIU General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at EIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 EIU 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
Best General Psychology Schools	324
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	552

Earnings of EIU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at EIU is $28,549. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 103 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from EIU. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at EIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	72
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

EIU 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 Eastern Illinois 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
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.