Psychology at Illinois Wesleyan University

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

Illinois Wesleyan is located in Bloomington, Illinois and approximately 1,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 393 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2021, 23 of them were psychology majors.

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 Wesleyan Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Illinois Wesleyan Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Illinois Wesleyan 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Psychology Schools	60
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	658
Most Focused Psychology Schools	750
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	956
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,210

Psychology Student Demographics at Illinois Wesleyan

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

Illinois Wesleyan Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Illinois Wesleyan since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Illinois Wesleyan are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	23

Related Majors

• History
• Education
• Social Sciences

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 Wesleyan 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 Republicofjosh01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.