Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

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

NIU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

NIU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #230 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at NIU

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

NIU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from NIU.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Psychology

Careers That Clinical Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical 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 Northern Illinois 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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.