General Psychology at National Louis University

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

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,402 students attend the school each year.

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.

NLU General Psychology Degrees Available

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

NLU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at NLU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at NLU

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

NLU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 National Louis University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NLU General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. NLU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% 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 National Louis University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	48

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 National Louis 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 TonyTheTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.