General Psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 472 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UIC.

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.

UIC General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UIC General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UIC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Psychology Schools	246

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in psychology from UIC. This makes it the #142 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UIC Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIC is $29,771. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 472 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from UIC in 2020-2021, 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 UIC since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	81
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	179
White	142
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UIC General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 psychology majors earned their master's degree from UIC. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UIC, 73% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in psychology.

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

UIC also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 University of Illinois at 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.