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Psychology at Loyola University Chicago

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Loyola University Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 16,893 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 322 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Loyola Chicago.

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

Loyola Chicago Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Loyola Chicago

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Loyola Chicago offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Loyola Chicago Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Loyola Chicago performed in these rankings.

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 Loyola Chicago 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools 106
132

In 2021, 76 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Loyola Chicago. This makes it the #83 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 35 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #37 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Loyola Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago Psychology Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 322 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Loyola Chicago in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 50
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 71
White 138
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 40

Loyola Chicago Psychology Master’s Program

87% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students earned a master's degree in psychology from Loyola Chicago. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

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Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Loyola Chicago, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 46
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Loyola Chicago also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 35 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Loyola University Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 306
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 121
Child Development & Psychology 6

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 Loyola University Chicago.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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