Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology

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

Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,325.

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

Illinois Tech Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Illinois Tech Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Illinois Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #137 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Illinois Tech

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

Illinois Tech Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Illinois Tech Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. Illinois Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	28
Child Development & Psychology	13

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 Illinois Institute of Technology.

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 Thomas Knapp under License

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