General Psychology at Elmhurst University

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Elmhurst University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Elmhurst is located in Elmhurst, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,421. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 105 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Elmhurst.

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.

Elmhurst General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Elmhurst General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229
Best General Psychology Schools	238
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	358
	418
	426
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	600

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Elmhurst Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Elmhurst is $28,987. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Elmhurst

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

Elmhurst General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Elmhurst awarded 105 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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 Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.