General Psychology at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,908. Of the 661 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College Illinois in 2021, 49 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

Wheaton College Illinois General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Wheaton College Illinois General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Wheaton College Illinois 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	299
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	434
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	514
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	657
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Earnings of Wheaton College Illinois Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wheaton College Illinois is $24,825. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Wheaton College Illinois in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Wheaton College Illinois 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 Wheaton College Illinois with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	32
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Wheaton College Illinois 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 Wheaton College Illinois.

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 Neatpete86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.