Psychology at Lake Forest College

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

Lake Forest is located in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 1,583 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Lake Forest.

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

Lake Forest Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Lake Forest Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest 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
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	153
Most Focused Psychology Schools	279
	357
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	635
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	781
Most Popular Psychology Schools	882

Psychology Student Demographics at Lake Forest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Lake Forest College.

Lake Forest Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lake Forest. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Lake Forest College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lake Forest College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	46

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 Lake Forest College.

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 Eudaimonia86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.