Bachelor's Degree Psychology Full Time

Research and Experimental Psychology

at Northwestern University · Evanston, Illinois

Graduates a year

Completions reported to the Dept. of Education

Median earnings

$39,369

2 years after graduating

Study mode

Full Time

How this program compares

Against every other bachelor's degree in Research and Experimental Psychology in the United States, this one ranks 8 of 81 on graduate earnings — in the top 10%. Within Illinois it is 1 of 3. Among the 40 bachelor's degrees Northwestern University itself offers, it is the 24th highest earning.

	This program	Typical Research and Experimental Psychology bachelor's degree
Median earnings	$39,369	$30,024
Median debt	Not published	$21,814
Graduates a year	22	112 of 190 by size

Graduates here earn about 31% above the typical Research and Experimental Psychology bachelor's degree in the country.

What this program covers

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms and processes of learning and thinking, and associated information encoding, decoding, processing and transmitting systems. Includes instruction in theories of cognition and intelligence; studies of cognitive processes such as memory, sensation, perception, pattern recognition, problem solving, and conceptual thinking; cybernetics; psycholinguistics; and the study of biological and social communications mechanisms and processes.

Definition of CIP 422701 “Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics” from the US Department of Education’s Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP 2020).

Where this degree leads

Occupations the Department of Education links to this field of study in its CIP-to-SOC crosswalk.

Managers, All Other Psychologists, All Other Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Child, Family, and School Social Workers Biological Scientists, All Other Life Scientists, All Other Statisticians Social Science Research Assistants Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

What graduates earn — and owe

Students who completed the bachelor's degree in Research and Experimental Psychology at Northwestern University had median earnings of $39,369 2 years after graduating.

Figures cover federally aided students only and are published by the US Department of Education in the College Scorecard field-of-study data. Where too few students completed a program, the department withholds the figure for privacy — so some programs show none.

About this listing

Northwestern University reports this program to the US Department of Education under CIP code 4227. Tuition, intake dates and entry requirements are set by the university and are not part of the federal record — check the university profile or its own site for those.