Table of Contents Department Ratings Links Home U.S. Psychology Distinguished Strong Good Departments 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. A separate study ranked U.K. Psychology Departments. Psychology Department Rating Graduate Program 1. Stanford (CA) (4.82) Personality 2. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.63) Personality 3. Yale (CT) (4.62) Social/Personality 4. of California, Los Angeles 5. of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (4.61) (4.58) Social/Personality/Organizational 6. Harvard (MA) (4.48) Psychopathology 7. of Minnesota, Twin Cities (4.46) 8. of Pennsylvania (4.35) 9. of California, Berkeley 10. of California, San Diego 11. Carnegie Mellon (PA) Personality, Differential/Behavior Genetics (4.33) Personality/Social (4.32) (4.29) Social/Personality/Health 12. of Washington (4.24) Social/Personality
13. Princeton (NJ) (4.22) 14. Cornell (NY) (4.15) 15. of Wisconsin, Madison (4.09) Social/Personality 16. Columbia (NY) (4.04) Social/Personality 16. of Texas, Austin (4.04) 18. of Chicago (3.98) 19. Indiana, Bloomington (3.97) 19. of Virginia (3.97) 21. Ohio State, Columbus (3.95) 22. of Oregon (3.94) Personality 22. of Colorado, Boulder 24. Northwestern (IL) 25. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 26. of California, Irvine 27. of Massachusetts, Amherst 28. Rutgers, New Brunswick (NJ) 29. of Southern California Social/Personality, Individual Differences/Evolutionary (3.94) Behavior Genetics (3.91) Personality (3.90) (3.85) Social/Personality, Psychopathology (3.78) Personality/Social (3.76) (3.74) 29. Purdue (IN) (3.74) 31. of Rochester (NY) (3.73) Social/Personality, Human Motivation 32. Pennsylvania State (3.72) 33. Duke (NC) (3.69) 34. Johns Hopkins (MD) (3.68)
34. New York (3.68) 36. of Iowa (3.64) Personality/Social 37. Brown (RI) (3.62) Social/Personality/Social Development 38. of Florida (3.60) Social/Personality 39. State of New York, Stony Brook (3.59) 40. Vanderbilt (TN) (3.55) 41. Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences (MD) 42. City of New York Graduate School (3.54) (3.48) Social/Personality 43. of Arizona (3.47) Ethology/Evolutionary 44. Emory (GA) (3.46) 45. Peabody College, Vanderbilt (TN) (3.44) 46. Michigan State (3.43) Social/Personality 47. of California, Davis 48. of Pittsburgh (PA) (3.42) Social/Personality (3.38) 49. Arizona State (3.35) 50. Clark (MA) (3.30) Social/Evolutionary/Cultural 51. of California, Santa Barbara 51. of Connecticut (3.28) 51. of Maryland, College Park (3.28) Developmental/Evolutionary (3.28) 54. of Utah (3.23) 55. of South Florida (3.22) 55. of Kansas (3.22) 57. of Miami (FL) (3.18) 58. of Delaware (3.18) 59. of California, (3.16)
Santa Cruz 59. State of New York, Albany 61. State of New York, Buffalo 62. of Denver (CO) (3.14) 63. Temple (PA) (3.12) 63. Washtington, St. Louis 65. of Georgia (3.10) 66. Rice (TX) (3.08) 67. of Missouri, Columbia 68. of Illinois, Chicago 69. of Houston (TX) (3.04) 70. of California, Riverside 71. Texas A&M (2.94) 72. Brandeis (MA) (2.93) 73. Northeastern (MA) 74. State of New York, Binghamton 74. of Alabama, Birmingham (3.16) Social/Personality (3.15) Social/Personality (3.12) Social/Personality (3.07) Social/Personality (3.05) Social/Personality (3.02) Social/Personality (2.92) Personality/Social (2.91) (2.91) 76. Syracuse (NY) (2.88) 77. Georgia Institute of Technology (2.87) 77. of Hawaii, Manoa (2.87) 79. Iowa State (2.82) 80. Wayne State (MI) (2.81) 81. Dartmouth College (NH) (2.80) Social/Personality 82. Colorado State (2.79)
83. Florida State (2.78) 83. of Vermont (2.78) 85. Case Western Reserve (OH) 86. Bowling Green State (OH) 87. of Notre Dame (IN) (2.77) (2.76) (2.70) 87. West Virginia (2.70) 89. of Kentucky (2.69) 89. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2.69) 91. of South Carolina (2.67) 91. Virginia Tech (2.67) 91. of North Carolina, Greensboro 94. of Tennessee, Knoxville (2.67) (2.66) 95. Boston (2.65) 95. of Nebraska, Lincoln 97. Virginia Commonwealth (2.65) Social/Personality (2.63) 98. Kent State (OH) (2.61) 99. Southern Illinois (2.58) 100. of Rhode Island (2.57) 101. of New Hampshire 102. of Texas, Arlington (2.56) Social/Personality (2.55) 103. Georgia State (2.53) 104. George Washington (DC) (2.52) 105. Loyola, Chicago (2.50) 106. George Mason (2.49)
(VA) 107. of Cincinnati (OH) (2.46) 108. Tufts (MA) (2.45) 109. of Louiville (KY) (2.41) 110. Miami (OH) (2.40) 110. Yeshiva (NY) (2.40) 112. of Alabama (2.39) 113. of Tulsa (OK) (2.38) 113. of Maryland, Baltimore County (2.38) 115. of Oklahoma (2.37) Social/Personality 115. Washington State (2.37) 117. Ohio (2.35) 117. of Maine (2.35) 117. Howard (DC) (2.35) Personality 117. Texas Tech (2.35) 121. Bryn Mawr College (PA) (2.34) 122. North Carolina State 123. Brigham Young (UT) (2.33) (2.31) 124. Louisiana State (2.28) 124. American (DC) (2.28) 126. Catholic of America (DC) 126. Georgetown (DC) 128. New Mexico State (2.27) (2.27) (2.23) 128. of Texas, Dallas (2.23) 128. Texas Christian (2.23)
128. Tulane (LA) (2.23) 132. Claremont Graduate (CA) (2.22) 133. of Nevada, Reno (2.21) 134. of Mississippi (2.18) 135. Finch of Health Sciences (IL) (2.17) 136. Kansas State (2.15) Personality/Social 137. Drexel (PA) (2.13) 137. St. Louis (MO) (2.13) 139. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (2.12) 140. of Akron (OH) (2.07) 140. of Missouri, St. Louis (2.07) 142. Northern Illinois (2.06) 143. St. John's (NY) (2.05) 144. Adelphi (NY) (2.04) 145. Boston College (2.00) 145. of Toledo (OH) (2.00) 147. Lehigh (PA) (1.95) 148. Fordham (NY) (1.92) 148. Ball State (IN) (1.92) 150. of Missouri, Kansas City (1.90) 150. of Wyoming (1.90) 152. of Arkansas, Fayetteville 153. Western Michigan (1.89) (1.87) 154. Auburn (AL) (1.85) 155. Hofstra (NY) (1.82) 156. Old Dominion (VA) (1.81)
157. Illinois Institute of Technology (1.79) 158. of North Texas (1.76) 159. Fuller Theological Seminary (CA) (1.73) 159. of Montana (1.73) 161. of Southern Mississippi (1.72) 162. Utah State (1.64) 162. of New Orleans (LA) (1.64) 164. Baylor (TX) (1.58) 165. Duquesne (PA) (1.55) 165. Oklahoma State (1.55) 167. of North Dakota (1.50) 168. of Puerto Rico (1.40) 168. Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) 170. California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda 171. of Northern Colorado 172. Saybrook Graduate School (CA) 173. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (CA) 174. Texas A&M, Commerce 174. California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles 174. California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego (1.40) (1.30) (1.22) (1.08) (1.06) (1.04) (1.04) (1.04) 177. California School of (0.91)
Professional Psychology, Fresno 178. Biola (CA) (0.86) 178. of Detroit Mercy (MI) (0.86) 180. Fielding Institute (CA) (0.84) 181. Mississippi State (0.80) 182. Rutgers, Newark (NJ) (0.74) 183. Texas Woman's (0.73) 184. Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) (0.20) U.S. Psychology Departments Links U.S. Psychology Departments: Websites Elsewhere Alphabetical List of U.S. Universities This website lists U.S. universities and links to their websites. By the of Texas, Austin. Alphabetical List of U.S. Universities This website also lists U.S. universities and links to their websites. By Massachusettes Institute of Technology. Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change This website contains the results of the 1995 National Research Council ratings of U.S. doctoral programs in psychology and other disciplines. ~ Flip to top ~ Last modified February 2004 Visited 3084 times since July 2003 Comments? Home to Great Ideas in Personality