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Best Colleges for Psychology

Top psychology programs ranked by what their psychology graduates earn, plus completion rates, debt and actual cost. Federal data. No paid rankings.

665

Schools with psychology earnings data

1,405

Schools with psychology programs in dataset

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How We Rank Psychology Schools

These rankings use what psychology bachelor's graduates earn, not the school-wide average. College Scorecard publishes earnings three years after graduation for each field of study. A school is ranked when it has a published figure for psychology and at least 25 graduates behind it. Each school is then scored on our 5-component composite using federal data: psychology graduate earnings (28%), graduation rate (25%), social mobility via Pell Grant share (20%), debt burden (15%), and net cost for low-income students (12%). Where a school has not reported one of these, that component is dropped and the remaining weights are rescaled rather than filled in with an estimate. A school with no net price on file for families earning up to $30,000 is scored on its overall average net price instead. Only 4-year non-profit schools with sufficient data qualify.

→Earnings: Median annual earnings of psychology bachelor's graduates three years after they graduate. Source: College Scorecard.
→Graduation rate: Full-time first-time students completing within 150% of normal time. Source: IPEDS.
→Net price: Average annual cost after all grants and scholarships. Source: IPEDS.
→Social mobility: Share of students receiving Pell Grants, a direct measure of access for low-income students. Source: IPEDS.
→Debt burden: Median federal loan debt at graduation. Source: College Scorecard.

Top 10 Psychology Schools (2026)

Ranked by composite: psychology graduate earnings, graduation rate, social mobility, debt, affordability.

#	School	Accept	Net Price/yr	Grad Rate	Gradsin psychology	Earnings (3yr)psychology grads
1	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	8.8%	$26,361	95%	70	$51,275
2	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	47.5%	$4,326	72%	147	$44,083
3	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	7.7%	$26,830	95%	211	$49,533
4	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	5.9%	$25,186	94%	113	$47,156
5	Rice University Houston, TX	8%	$23,589	95%	66	$45,615
6	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	16.8%	$18,427	96%	242	$49,199
7	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	11.3%	$29,300	95%	112	$50,836
8	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	16.4%	$32,519	91%	111	$51,564
9	Georgetown University Washington, DC	12.9%	$39,083	95%	100	$45,526
10	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	53.8%	$4,431	57%	641	$40,380

665 of 1,405 schools with Psychology programs have published psychology graduate earnings and are ranked. Top 10 shown. Earnings are the median for psychology bachelor's graduates three years after graduation, and Grads is how many graduates that figure covers. Data: IPEDS + College Scorecard. Updated annually.

All 1,405 Colleges in the Dataset

The ranking above shows the top 10 by composite score. Every school in the full dataset is listed here so you can explore beyond the top results.

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Aaniiih Nakoda College Abilene Christian University Adams State University Adelphi University Adrian College Agnes Scott College Alabama A & M University Alabama State University Alaska Pacific University Albany State University Albertus Magnus College Albion College Albizu University-Miami Albizu University-San Juan Albright College Alcorn State University Alfred University Allegheny College Alma College Alvernia University Alverno College American International College American University Amherst College Anderson University Anderson University Andrews University Angelo State University Anna Maria College Antioch College Appalachian State University Aquinas College Arcadia University Arizona Christian University Arizona State University Campus Immersion Arkansas State University Arkansas Tech University Arlington Baptist University Asbury University Ashland University Assumption University Auburn University Auburn University at Montgomery Augsburg University Augusta University Augustana College Augustana University Aurora University Austin College Austin Peay State University Ave Maria University Averett University Avila University Azusa Pacific University

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Baker College Baker University Bakersfield College Baldwin Wallace University Ball State University Baptist University of Florida Barclay College Bard College Bard College at Simon's Rock Barnard College Barry University Barton College Bates College Bay Path University Baylor University Beacon College Belhaven University Bellarmine University Bellevue University Belmont Abbey College Belmont University Beloit College Bemidji State University Benedict College Benedictine College Benedictine University Bennett College Bennington College Bentley University Berea College Berry College Bethany College Bethany College Bethany Lutheran College Bethel College-North Newton Bethel University Bethel University Bethel University Bethune-Cookman University Binghamton University Biola University Birmingham-Southern College Black Hills State University Blackburn College Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Blue Mountain Christian University Bluefield University Bluffton University Bob Jones University Boise State University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bowie State University Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bradley University Brandeis University Brenau University Brescia University Brevard College Brewton-Parker College Briar Cliff University Bridgewater College Bridgewater State University Brigham Young University Brigham Young University-Hawaii Brigham Young University-Idaho Brown University Bryan College-Dayton Bryant University Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Buena Vista University Bushnell University Butler University

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Q

Queens University of Charlotte Quincy College Quincy University Quinnipiac University

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139

Sacred Heart University Saginaw Valley State University Saint Ambrose University Saint Anselm College Saint Augustine's University Saint Cloud State University Saint Edward's University Saint Elizabeth University Saint Francis University Saint Johns University Saint Joseph's College of Maine Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Saint Leo University Saint Louis University Saint Martin's University Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary's College Saint Mary's College of California Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Saint Michael's College Saint Norbert College Saint Peter's University Saint Vincent College Saint Xavier University Salem College Salem State University Salisbury University Salish Kootenai College Salve Regina University Sam Houston State University Samford University San Diego Christian College San Diego State University San Francisco State University San Jose State University Santa Clara University Savannah State University Schreiner University Scripps College Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Seton Hall University Seton Hill University Shaw University Shawnee State University Shenandoah University Shepherd University Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shorter University Siena College Siena Heights University Simmons College of Kentucky Simmons University Simpson College Simpson University Skidmore College Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Smith College Sonoma State University South Carolina State University South Dakota State University South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary Southeast Missouri State University Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Oklahoma State University Southeastern University Southern Adventist University Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Southern Connecticut State University Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Southern Methodist University Southern Nazarene University Southern New Hampshire University Southern Oregon University Southern University and A & M College Southern University at New Orleans Southern Utah University Southern Virginia University Southern Wesleyan University Southwest Baptist University Southwest Minnesota State University Southwestern Adventist University Southwestern Christian University Southwestern College Southwestern Oklahoma State University Southwestern University Spalding University Spartanburg Methodist College Spelman College Spring Arbor University Spring Hill College Springfield College St Bonaventure University St Catherine University St Lawrence University St Olaf College St. Andrews University St. Augustine College St. Francis College St. John Fisher University St. John's University-New York St. Joseph's University-New York St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's University St. Thomas Aquinas College St. Thomas University Stanford University State University of New York at Cortland State University of New York at New Paltz State University of New York at Oswego State University of New York at Plattsburgh Stephen F Austin State University Stephens College Sterling College Stetson University Stevenson University Stillman College Stockton University Stonehill College Stony Brook University Suffolk University Sul Ross State University SUNY at Fredonia SUNY at Purchase College SUNY Brockport SUNY Buffalo State University SUNY College at Geneseo SUNY College at Potsdam SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill SUNY College of Technology at Canton SUNY Morrisville SUNY Old Westbury SUNY Oneonta SUNY Polytechnic Institute Susquehanna University Swarthmore College Sweet Briar College Syracuse University

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U

227

V

Valdosta State University Valley City State University Valparaiso University Vanderbilt University Vanguard University of Southern California Vassar College Vermont State University Villa Maria College Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Military Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia State University Virginia Union University Virginia Wesleyan University Viterbo University Voorhees University

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Wabash College Wagner College Wake Forest University Walla Walla University Walsh University Warner Pacific University Warner University Warren Wilson College Wartburg College Washburn University Washington & Jefferson College Washington Adventist University Washington and Lee University Washington College Washington State University Washington University in St Louis Wayland Baptist University Wayne State College Wayne State University Waynesburg University Webber International University Weber State University Webster University Welch College Wellesley College Wesleyan College Wesleyan University West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Liberty University West Texas A & M University West Virginia State University West Virginia University West Virginia University Institute of Technology West Virginia Wesleyan College Western Carolina University Western Colorado University Western Connecticut State University Western Illinois University Western Kentucky University Western Michigan University Western New England University Western New Mexico University Western Oregon University Western Washington University Westfield State University Westminster College Westminster University Westmont College Wheaton College Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Wheeling University Whitman College Whittier College Whitworth University Wichita State University Widener University Wilberforce University Wilkes University Willamette University William & Mary William Carey University William Jessup University William Jewell College William Paterson University of New Jersey William Peace University William Penn University William Woods University Williams Baptist University Williams College Wilmington College Wilmington University Wingate University Winona State University Winston-Salem State University Winthrop University Wisconsin Lutheran College Wittenberg University Wofford College Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College Worcester State University Wright State University-Lake Campus Wright State University-Main Campus

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Xavier University Xavier University of Louisiana

Y

Yale University Yeshiva University York College of Pennsylvania York University Young Harris College Youngstown State University

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