General Psychology at University of Illinois at Springfield

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

UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and approximately 4,146 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 71 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UIS.

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.

UIS General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UIS General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UIS compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UIS 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 Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	325
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	391
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	508

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UIS Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIS is $27,264. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at UIS

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

UIS General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 71 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from UIS in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UIS 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 University of Illinois at Springfield with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	53
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIS also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student 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 Springfield.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.