U.S. Psychology Departments

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This page ranks United States doctoral programs in psychology based on the 1995 study conducted by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Quality ratings were used to compute the rankings. Ratings refer to the psychology department, not the personality program. A separate study ranked U.K. Psychology Departments.
 

Psychology Department Rating Graduate Program
1. Stanford University (CA) (4.82) Personality
2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.63) Personality
3. Yale University (CT) (4.62) Social/Personality
4. University of California, Los Angeles (4.61)
5. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (4.58) Social/Personality
6. Harvard University (MA) (4.48) Psychopathology
7. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (4.46) Personality, Differential/Behavior Genetics
8. University of Pennsylvania (4.35)
9. University of California, Berkeley (4.33) Personality/Social
10. University of California, San Diego (4.32)
11. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) (4.29) Social/Personality/Health
12. University of Washington (4.24) Social/Personality
13. Princeton University (NJ) (4.22)
14. Cornell University (NY) (4.15)
15. University of Wisconsin, Madison (4.09) Social/Personality
16. Columbia University (NY) (4.04) Social/Personality
16. University of Texas, Austin (4.04) Social/Personality, Individual Differences/Evolutionary
18. University of Chicago (3.98)
19. Indiana University, Bloomington (3.97)
19. University of Virginia (3.97)
21. Ohio State University, Columbus (3.95)
22. University of Oregon (3.94) Personality
22. University of Colorado, Boulder (3.94) Behavior Genetics
24. Northwestern University (IL) (3.91) Personality
25. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.90)
26. University of California, Irvine (3.85) Social/Personality, Psychopathology
27. University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3.78) Personality/Social
28. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ) (3.76)
29. University of Southern California (3.74)
29. Purdue University (IN) (3.74)
31. University of Rochester (NY) (3.73) Social/Personality, Human Motivation
32. Pennsylvania State University (3.72)
33. Duke University (NC) (3.69)
34. Johns Hopkins University (MD) (3.68)
34. New York University (3.68)
36. University of Iowa (3.64) Personality/Social
37. Brown University (RI) (3.62) Social/Personality/Social Development
38. University of Florida (3.60) Social/Personality
39. State University of New York, Stony Brook (3.59)
40. Vanderbilt University (TN) (3.55)
41. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (MD) (3.54)
42. City University of New York Graduate School (3.48) Social/Personality
43. University of Arizona (3.47) Ethology/Evolutionary
44. Emory University (GA) (3.46)
45. Peabody College, Vanderbilt University (TN) (3.44)
46. Michigan State University (3.43) Social/Personality
47. University of California, Davis (3.42) Social/Personality
48. University of Pittsburgh (PA) (3.38)
49. Arizona State University (3.35)
50. Clark University (MA) (3.30) Social/Evolutionary/Cultural
51. University of California, Santa Barbara (3.28) Developmental/Evolutionary
51. University of Connecticut (3.28)
51. University of Maryland, College Park (3.28)
54. University of Utah (3.23)
55. University of South Florida (3.22)
55. University of Kansas (3.22)
57. University of Miami (FL) (3.18)
58. University of Delaware (3.18)
59. University of California, Santa Cruz (3.16)
59. State University of New York, Albany (3.16) Social/Personality
61. State University of New York, Buffalo (3.15) Social/Personality
62. University of Denver (CO) (3.14)
63. Temple University (PA) (3.12)
63. Washtington University, St. Louis (3.12) Social/Personality
65. University of Georgia (3.10)
66. Rice University (TX) (3.08)
67. University of Missouri, Columbia (3.07) Social/Personality
68. University of Illinois, Chicago (3.05) Social/Personality
69. University of Houston (TX) (3.04)
70. University of California, Riverside (3.02) Social/Personality
71. Texas A&M University (2.94)
72. Brandeis University (MA) (2.93)
73. Northeastern University (MA) (2.92) Personality/Social
74. State University of New York, Binghamton (2.91)
74. University of Alabama, Birmingham (2.91)
76. Syracuse University (NY) (2.88)
77. Georgia Institute of Technology (2.87)
77. University of Hawaii, Manoa (2.87)
79. Iowa State University (2.82)
80. Wayne State University (MI) (2.81)
81. Dartmouth College (NH) (2.80) Social/Personality
82. Colorado State University (2.79)
83. Florida State University (2.78)
83. University of Vermont (2.78)
85. Case Western Reserve University (OH) (2.77)
86. Bowling Green State University (OH) (2.76)
87. University of Notre Dame (IN) (2.70)
87. West Virginia University (2.70)
89. University of Kentucky (2.69)
89. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2.69)
91. University of South Carolina (2.67)
91. Virginia Tech University (2.67)
91. University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2.67)
94. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2.66)
95. Boston University (2.65)
95. University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2.65) Social/Personality
97. Virginia Commonwealth University (2.63)
98. Kent State University (OH) (2.61)
99. Southern Illinois University (2.58)
100. University of Rhode Island (2.57)
101. University of New Hampshire (2.56) Social/Personality
102. University of Texas, Arlington (2.55)
103. Georgia State University (2.53)
104. George Washington University (DC) (2.52)
105. Loyola University, Chicago (2.50)
106. George Mason University (VA) (2.49)
107. University of Cincinnati (OH) (2.46)
108. Tufts University (MA) (2.45)
109. University of Louiville (KY) (2.41)
110. Miami University (OH) (2.40)
110. Yeshiva University (NY) (2.40)
112. University of Alabama (2.39)
113. University of Tulsa (OK) (2.38)
113. University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2.38)
115. University of Oklahoma (2.37) Social/Personality
115. Washington State University (2.37)
117. Ohio University (2.35)
117. University of Maine (2.35)
117. Howard University (DC) (2.35) Personality
117. Texas Tech University (2.35)
121. Bryn Mawr College (PA) (2.34)
122. North Carolina State University (2.33)
123. Brigham Young University (UT) (2.31)
124. Louisiana State University (2.28)
124. American University (DC) (2.28)
126. Catholic University of America (DC) (2.27)
126. Georgetown University (DC) (2.27)
128. New Mexico State University (2.23)
128. University of Texas, Dallas (2.23)
128. Texas Christian University (2.23)
128. Tulane University (LA) (2.23)
132. Claremont Graduate University (CA) (2.22)
133. University of Nevada, Reno (2.21)
134. University of Mississippi (2.18)
135. Finch University of Health Sciences (IL) (2.17)
136. Kansas State University (2.15) Personality/Social
137. Drexel University (PA) (2.13)
137. St. Louis University (MO) (2.13)
139. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (2.12)
140. University of Akron (OH) (2.07)
140. University of Missouri, St. Louis (2.07)
142. Northern Illinois University (2.06)
143. St. John's University (NY) (2.05)
144. Adelphi University (NY) (2.04)
145. Boston College (2.00)
145. University of Toledo (OH) (2.00)
147. Lehigh University (PA) (1.95)
148. Fordham University (NY) (1.92)
148. Ball State University (IN) (1.92)
150. University of Missouri, Kansas City (1.90)
150. University of Wyoming (1.90)
152. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (1.89)
153. Western Michigan University (1.87)
154. Auburn University (AL) (1.85)
155. Hofstra University (NY) (1.82)
156. Old Dominion University (VA) (1.81)
157. Illinois Institute of Technology (1.79)
158. University of North Texas (1.76)
159. Fuller Theological Seminary (CA) (1.73)
159. University of Montana (1.73)
161. University of Southern Mississippi (1.72)
162. Utah State University (1.64)
162. University of New Orleans (LA) (1.64)
164. Baylor University (TX) (1.58)
165. Duquesne University (PA) (1.55)
165. Oklahoma State University (1.55)
167. University of North Dakota (1.50)
168. University of Puerto Rico (1.40)
168. Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ) (1.40)
170. California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda (1.30)
171. University of Northern Colorado (1.22)
172. Saybrook Graduate School (CA) (1.08)
173. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (CA) (1.06)
174. Texas A&M University, Commerce (1.04)
174. California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles (1.04)
174. California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego (1.04)
177. California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno (0.91)
178. Biola University (CA) (0.86)
178. University of Detroit Mercy (MI) (0.86)
180. Fielding Institute (CA) (0.84)
181. Mississippi State University (0.80)
182. Rutgers University, Newark (NJ) (0.74)
183. Texas Woman's University (0.73)
184. Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) (0.20)
 

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