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Rankings Index • About the Rankings • Premium Online Edition • Log out Psychology (Ranked in 2001*) Special notes
Rank/School | Average reputation score (5 = highest)
1. | Stanford University (CA) | 4.7
2. | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | 4.6
3. | Univ. of Minnesota--Twin Cities (Inst. of Child Development) | 4.4
| University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | 4.4
| Yale University (CT) | 4.4
6. | Harvard University (MA) | 4.3
| University of California--Berkeley | 4.3
| University of California--Los Angeles | 4.3
9. | Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | 4.2
| University of Wisconsin--Madison | 4.2
11. | Columbia University (NY) | 4.1
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences) | 4.1
| Princeton University (NJ) | 4.1
| University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | 4.1
15. | Cornell University (NY) | 4.0
| University of Pennsylvania | 4.0
17. | Indiana University--Bloomington | 3.9
| Northwestern University (IL) | 3.9
| University of California--San Diego | 3.9
| University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | 3.9
| University of Texas--Austin | 3.9
| University of Virginia | 3.9
| University of Washington | 3.9
24. | Duke University (NC) | 3.8
| Harvard University (Programs in Human Development and Psych.) (MA) | 3.8
| Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 3.8
| Ohio State University--Columbus | 3.8
| Univ. of California--Irvine (Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior) | 3.8
| Univ. of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Combined Program in Ed. and Psych.) | 3.8
30. | Brown University (RI) | 3.7
| Cornell University (Dept. of Human Development) (NY) | 3.7
| Indiana University--Bloomington (Cognitive Science Program) | 3.7
| New York University | 3.7
| Penn State Univ.--University Park (Program in Human Development & Family Studies) | 3.7
| Stanford University (Psych. Studies in Education) (CA) | 3.7
| University of California--Irvine (Cognitive Sci. Dept.) | 3.7
| University of Chicago | 3.7
| University of Colorado--Boulder | 3.7
39. | Carnegie Mellon University (Grad. School of Industrial Admin.) (PA) | 3.6
| Penn State University--University Park | 3.6
| U. of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign (Dept. of Ed. Psych.) | 3.6
| Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN) | 3.6
| Vanderbilt University (TN) | 3.6
| Washington University in St. Louis | 3.6
45. | Arizona State University | 3.5
| Duke University (Dept. of Experimental Psych.) (NC) | 3.5
| Univ. of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Organizational Behavior & Human Resources) | 3.5
| University of Arizona | 3.5
| University of California--Berkeley (School of Education) | 3.5
| University of Iowa | 3.5
| University of Massachusetts--Amherst | 3.5
| University of Oregon | 3.5
| University of Pittsburgh--Main Campus | 3.5
54. | Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN) | 3.4
| Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (NJ) | 3.4
| Univ. of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign (Human and Community Development) | 3.4
| University of California--Irvine (Psych. & Social Behavior Dept.) | 3.4
| University of California--Santa Barbara | 3.4
| University of Chicago (Educational and Developmental Psych.) | 3.4
| University of Maryland--College Park | 3.4
61. | Dartmouth College (NH) | 3.3
| Emory University (GA) | 3.3
| Michigan State University | 3.3
| Northwestern University (Dept. of Organization Behavior) (IL) | 3.3
| SUNY--Stony Brook | 3.3
| Univ. of Texas--Austin (Child Development and Family Relations) | 3.3
| University of California--Davis | 3.3
| University of Florida | 3.3
| University of Iowa (Psychological and Quantitative Foundations) | 3.3
| University of Kansas | 3.3
| University of Missouri--Columbia | 3.3
| University of Southern California | 3.3
73. | Teachers College, Columbia Univeristy (Dept. of Human Development) (NY) | 3.2
| U. of Maryland--College Park (Dept. of Human Development and Inst. for Child Study) | 3.2
| University of Connecticut | 3.2
| University of Georgia | 3.2
| University of Pennsylvania (Psychology in Education Division) | 3.2
| University of Rochester (NY) | 3.2
| University of Texas--Austin (Dept. of Educational Psych.) | 3.2
80. | Cornell University (Dept. of Education) (NY) | 3.1
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 3.1
| Purdue University--West Lafayette (Dept. of Child Development) (IN) | 3.1
| Rice University (TX) | 3.1
| SUNY--Albany | 3.1
| Univ. of Kansas (Dept. of Human Development & Family Life) | 3.1
86. | Brandeis University (MA) | 3.0
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 3.0
| Case Western Reserve University (OH) | 3.0
| Indiana University--Bloomington (Counseling and Educational Psychology) | 3.0
| New York University (Dept. of Applied Psychology) | 3.0
| Purdue University--West Lafayette (Organizational Behavior and HR Mgment) (IN) | 3.0
| San Diego State Univ./Univ. of California--San Diego | 3.0
| Teachers College, Columbia University (Dept. of Health and Behavior Studies) (NY) | 3.0
| Teachers College, Columbia University (Dept. of Counsel. and Clinic. Psych.) (NY) | 3.0
| Temple University (PA) | 3.0
| University of California--Riverside | 3.0
| University of California--San Francisco | 3.0
| University of California--Santa Cruz | 3.0
| University of Illinois--Chicago | 3.0
| University of Nebraska--Lincoln | 3.0
| University of Southern California (School of Medicine) | 3.0
102. | Arizona State University (Division of Psych. in Ed.) | 2.9
| Boston University | 2.9
| Claremont Graduate School (CA) | 2.9
| Iowa State University | 2.9
| Oregon Health Science University | 2.9
| Penn State University--University Park (Program in Ed. Psych.) | 2.9
| Texas A&M University--College Station | 2.9
| Tufts University (MA) | 2.9
| Tufts University (Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development) (MA) | 2.9
| University of Delaware | 2.9
| University of Miami (FL) | 2.9
| University of Pittsburgh--Main Campus (Dept. of Psychology in Education) | 2.9
| University of Utah | 2.9
| University of Washington (Area of Educational Psychology) | 2.9
116. | Clark University (MA) | 2.8
| Florida State University | 2.8
| Uniformed Services University of Health Science (MD) | 2.8
| University of Alabama--Birmingham | 2.8
| University of Denver | 2.8
| University of Georgia (Dept. of Child and Family Development) | 2.8
122. | Auburn University--Main Campus (AL) | 2.7
| Iowa State University (Human Development and Family Services) | 2.7
| Rutgers State University--Newark (NJ) | 2.7
| SUNY--Albany (Dept. of Educational and Counseling Psychology) | 2.7
| SUNY--Health Science Center | 2.7
| Temple University (Educational Psychology) (PA) | 2.7
| University at Buffalo (NY) | 2.7
| University of Colorado--Boulder (Ed. Psych. Program) | 2.7
| University of Kentucky | 2.7
| University of Nebraska--Lincoln (Dept. of Educational Psychology) | 2.7
| University of Notre Dame (IN) | 2.7
| University of South Florida | 2.7
| Virginia Tech | 2.7
135. | Binghamton University (NY) | 2.6
| Boston College (Dept. of Counseling, Developmental, and Ed.Psychology) | 2.6
| Boston College | 2.6
| Bowling Green State University (OH) | 2.6
| Georgetown University (DC) | 2.6
| Georgia State University | 2.6
| Kansas State University | 2.6
| Northeastern University (MA) | 2.6
| Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (Dept. of Applied Psychology) (NJ) | 2.6
| Syracuse University (NY) | 2.6
| Tulane University (LA) | 2.6
| University of Missouri--Columbia (Dept. of Ed. and Counseling Psychology) | 2.6
| University of New Hampshire | 2.6
| University of New Mexico | 2.6
| University of North Carolina--Greensboro | 2.6
| University of Oklahoma | 2.6
| University of South Carolina--Columbia | 2.6
| University of Tennessee--Knoxville | 2.6
| University of Vermont | 2.6
| University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee | 2.6
| Virginia Tech (Family and Child Development) | 2.6
| Wayne State University (MI) | 2.6
157. | Auburn University--Main Campus (Dept. of Fam. and Child Devlop.) (AL) | 2.5
| Bryn Mawr College (PA) | 2.5
| Colorado State University | 2.5
| George Washington University (DC) | 2.5
| Kansas State University (Human Development and Family Studies) | 2.5
| Kent State University (OH) | 2.5
| Loyola University Chicago | 2.5
| Miami University--Oxford (OH) | 2.5
| North Carolina State University | 2.5
| Ohio University | 2.5
| Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (Dept. of Educational Psychology) (NJ) | 2.5
| Texas A&M University--College Station (Dept. of Educational Psychology) | 2.5
| University of Arizona (Family Studies Div.) | 2.5
| University of Arizona (Dept. of Ed. Psych.) | 2.5
| University of California--Riverside (School of Education) | 2.5
| University of Kansas (Psychology and Research in Education) | 2.5
| University of Maryland--Baltimore County | 2.5
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | 2.5
| University of Rhode Island | 2.5
| West Virginia University | 2.5
This ranking of graduate psychology programs is determined by the results of a survey that covered all doctoral programs in psychology in American institutions of higher learning, except for those programs whose primary purpose is to prepare students to become licensed practitioners in the field. The ranking list above includes psychology programs that award the Psy.D. degree as well as those that award the Ph.D. degree. Since some schools have multiple independent programs housed in various institutional units, the survey, and the ranking determined from its results, include multiple listings for some universities. Unless a program listing explicitly states otherwise, the psychology program referred to in the ranking list above is located in the department of psychology. Programs in clinical psychology were evaluated in a separate survey. *This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

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