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Listing of U.S. Psychology PhD Programs
This page contains a comprehensive listing of 185 psychology PhD programs across the United States.
The schools are rank-ordered in quality according to the results of a 1995
study conducted
by the National Research Council (with "quality scores" taken
from a summary of the NRC report published by the American Psychological
Society Observer in January, 1996). The list of schools below
is limited to the United States, but you can also visit the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise
web page to see similar quality ratings of
Psychology Departments in the United Kingdom.
School home pages and psychology departments can be visited by clicking on the underlined
hypertext below (links to psychology departments are given in brackets after each school).
To contact schools that are not on this list, you might try using the U.S. University Locator.
The American Psychological Society also maintains an Alphabetical List of
Psychology Department Links.
NOTE TO STUDENTS: The quality of graduate training in specific subdisciplines
(e.g., social psychology, clinical psychology) often
varies within a particular school, so the NRC ranking should be considered no
more than a rough approximation. You would be well advised to consult as many
faculty members as possible for feedback on your top school choices before
applying to graduate school. Finally, remember that graduate school in
psychology is extremely competitive -- apply to as many schools as possible;
have your friends, family, and academic advisors look over your application
materials; and if you receive letters of rejection, don't lose your sense of
humor!
RANK SCHOOL [LINK TO PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT] QUALITY SCORE
(001) Stanford University [Psych]................................72
(002) University of Michigan--Ann Arbor [Psych]..................70
(003) Yale University [Psych]....................................70
(004) University of California--Los Angeles [Psych]..............70
(005) University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana [Psych].........70
(006) Harvard University [Psych].................................69
(007) University of Minnesota--Twin Cities [Psych]...............68
(008) University of Pennsylvania [Psych] ........................67
(009) University of California--Berkeley [Psych].................67
(010) University of California--San Diego [Psych]................67
(011) Carnegie Mellon University [Psych].........................67
(012) University of Washington [Psych]...........................66
(013) Princeton University [Psych]...............................66
(014) Cornell University [Psych].................................65
(015) University of Wisconsin--Madison [Psych]...................65
(016) Columbia University [Psych]................................64
(017) University of Texas at Austin [Psych]......................64
(018) University of Chicago [Psych]..............................63
(019) Indiana University at Bloomington [Psych]..................63
(020) University of Virginia [Psych].............................63
(021) Ohio State University--Columbus [Psych]....................63
(022) University of Oregon [Psych]...............................63
(023) University of Colorado at Boulder [Psych]..................63
(024) Northwestern University [Psych]............................63
(025) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [Psych]........63
(026) University of California--Irvine [Psych]...................62
(027) University of Massachusetts at Amherst [Psych].............61
(028) Rutgers State University--New Brunswick [Psych]............61
(029) University of Southern California [Psych]..................61
(030) Purdue University [Psych]..................................61
(031) University of Rochester [Psych]............................61
(032) Pennsylvania State University [Psych]......................61
(033) Duke University [Psych]....................................60
(034) Johns Hopkins University [Psych]...........................60
(035) New York University [Psych]................................60
(036) University of Iowa [Psych].................................60
(037) Brown University [Psych]...................................60
(038) University of Florida [Psych]..............................59
(039) State University of New York at Stony Brook [Psych]........59
(040) Vanderbilt University [Psych]..............................59
(041) Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences............59
(042) City University of New York Graduate School [Psych]........58
(043) University of Arizona [Psych]..............................58
(044) Emory University [Psych]...................................58
(045) Peabody College/Vanderbilt University [Psych]..............58
(046) Michigan State University [Psych]..........................58
(047) University of California--Davis [Psych]....................57
(048) University of Pittsburgh [Psych]...........................57
(049) Arizona State University [Psych]...........................57
(050) Clark University [Psych]...................................56
(051) University of California--Santa Barbara [Psych]............56
(052) University of Connecticut [Psych]..........................56
(053) University of Maryland at College Park [Psych].............56
(054) University of Utah [Psych].................................55
(055) University of South Florida [Psych]........................55
(056) University of Kansas [Psych]..............................55
(057) University of Miami [Psych]................................55
(058) University of Delaware [Psych].............................55
(059) University of California--Santa Cruz [Psych]...............55
(060) State University of New York at Albany [Psych].............55
(061) State University of New York at Buffalo [Psych]............55
(062) University of Denver [Psych]...............................54
(063) Temple University [Psych]..................................54
(064) Washington University in Saint Louis [Psych]...............54
(065) University of Georgia [Psych]..............................54
(066) Rice University [Psych]....................................54
(067) University of Missouri--Columbia [Psych]...................54
(068) University of Illinois at Chicago [Psych]..................54
(069) University of Houston [Psych]..............................53
(070) University of California--Riverside [Psych]................53
(071) Texas A&M University [Psych]...............................52
(072) Brandeis University [Psych]................................52
(073) Northeastern University [Psych]............................52
(074) State University of New York--Binghamton [Psych]...........52
(075) University of Alabama--Birmingham [Psych]..................52
(076) Syracuse University [Psych]................................52
(077) Georgia Institute of Technology [Psych]....................52
(078) University of Hawaii at Manoa [Psych]......................52
(079) Iowa State University [Psych]..............................51
(080) Wayne State University [Psych].............................51
(081) Dartmouth College [Psych]..................................51
(082) Colorado State University [Psych]..........................51
(083) Florida State University [Psych]...........................51
(084) University of Vermont [Psych]..............................51
(085) Case Western Reserve University [Psych]....................51
(086) Bowling Green State University [Psych].....................51
(087) University of Notre Dame [Psych]...........................50
(088) West Virginia University [Psych]...........................50
(089) University of Kentucky [Psych].............................50
(090) University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [Psych]....50
(091) University of South Carolina [Psych].......................50
(092) Virginia Polytechnical Institute & State Univ. [Psych].....50
(093) University of North Carolina--Greensboro [Psych]...........50
(094) University of Tennessee--Knoxville [Psych].................49
(095) Boston University [Psych]..................................49
(096) University of Nebraska--Lincoln [Psych] ...................49
(097) Virginia Commonwealth University [Psych]...................49
(098) Kent State University [Psych]..............................49
(099) Southern Illinois University [Psych].......................49
(100) University of Rhode Island [Psych].........................49
(101) University of New Hampshire [Psych]........................48
(102) University of Texas at Arlington [Psych]...................48
(103) Georgia State University [Psych]...........................48
(104) George Washington University [Psych].......................48
(105) Loyola University of Chicago [Psych].......................48
(106) George Mason University [Psych]............................48
(107) University of Cincinnati [Psych]...........................47
(108) Tufts University [Psych]...................................47
(109) University of Louisville [Psych]...........................47
(110) Miami University of Ohio [Psych]...........................47
(111) Yeshiva University [Psych].................................47
(112) University of Alabama [Psych]..............................47
(113) University of Tulsa [Psych]................................47
(114) University of Maryland--Baltimore County [Psych]...........47
(115) University of Oklahoma [Psych].............................46
(116) Washington State University [Psych]........................46
(117) Ohio University [Psych]....................................46
(118) University of Maine [Psych]................................46
(119) Howard University..........................................46
(120) Texas Tech University [Psych]..............................46
(121) Bryn Mawr College [Psych]..................................46
(122) North Carolina State University [Psych]....................46
(123) Brigham Young University [Psych]...........................46
(124) Louisiana State University/A&M College.....................45
(125) American University [Psych]................................45
(126) Catholic University of America [Psych].....................45
(127) Georgetown University [Psych]..............................45
(128) New Mexico State University [Psych]........................45
(129) University of Texas at Dallas [Human Development]..........45
(130) Texas Christian University [Psych].........................45
(131) Tulane University [Psych]..................................45
(132) Claremont Graduate School [Psych]..........................45
(133) University of Nevada--Reno [Psych].........................45
(134) University of Mississippi [Psych]..........................44
(135) University of Health Sciences--Chicago (no web page).......44
(136) Kansas State University [Psych]............................44
(137) Hahnemann University.......................................44
(138) Saint Louis University [Psych].............................44
(139) University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee [Psych].................44
(140) University of Akron [Psych]................................43
(141) University of Missouri--St. Louis [Psych]..................43
(142) Northern Illinois University [Psych].......................43
(143) St. John's University (New York) [Psych]...................43
(144) Adelphi University [Psych].................................43
(145) Boston College [Psych].....................................43
(146) University of Toledo [Psych]...............................43
(147) Lehigh University [Psych]..................................42
(148) Fordham University [Psych].................................42
(149) Ball State University [Psych]..............................42
(150) University of Missouri--Kansas City [Psych]................41
(151) University of Wyoming [Psych]..............................41
(152) University of Arkansas--Fayetteville [Psych]...............41
(153) Western Michigan University [Psych]........................41
(154) Auburn University [Psych]..................................41
(155) Hofstra University [Psych].................................41
(156) Old Dominion University [Psych]............................41
(157) Illinois Institute of Technology [Psych]...................40
(158) University of North Texas [Psych]..........................40
(159) Fuller Theological Seminary [Psych]........................40
(160) University of Montana [Psych]..............................40
(161) University of Southern Mississippi [Psych].................40
(162) Utah State University [Psych]..............................39
(163) University of New Orleans [Psych]..........................39
(164) University of California--San Francisco....................38
(165) Baylor University [Psych]..................................38
(166) Duquesne University [Psych]................................38
(167) Oklahoma State University [Psych]..........................38
(168) University of North Dakota [Psych].........................37
(169) University of Puerto Rico..................................36
(170) Fairleigh Dickinson University.............................36
(171) Cal School of Professional Psych--Alameda [Psych]..........35
(172) University of Northern Colorado [Psych]....................34
(173) Saybrook Institute [Psych].................................33
(174) Pacific Graduate School of Psychology......................33
(175) Texas A&M--Commerce (formerly East Texas SU) [Psych].......32
(176) Cal School of Professional Psych--LA [Psych]...............32
(177) Cal School of Professional Psych--San Diego [Psych]........32
(178) Cal School of Professional Psych--Fresno [Psych]...........31
(179) Biola University [Psych]...................................31
(180) University of Detroit Mercy [Psych]........................31
(181) Fielding Institute [Psych].................................30
(182) Mississippi State University [Educational Psych]...........30
(183) Rutgers State University--Newark...........................29
(184) Texas Woman's University [Psych]...........................29
(185) Stevens Institute of Technology............................24