Psychology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC Psychology Degrees Available

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

UIUC Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at UIUC 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.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #155 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	87
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	242
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UIUC Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	622
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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

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