School Psychology at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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

WIU School Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in School Psychology

WIU School Psychology Rankings

School Psychology Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU School Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of school psychology master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in school psychology each year. WIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

Of the students who received a school psychology master's degree from WIU, 80% 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 Western Illinois University with a master's in school psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That School Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in school 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 Western 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

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.