2023 Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Finding the Best General Psychology Master's Degree School for You
General Psychology is the #35 most popular major in the country with 8,051 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 48 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best General Psychology Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Carnegie Mellon University the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for general psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
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Saint Joseph’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. St. Joe's is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
American University ranked #7 on this year’s Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
University of Maryland - College Park landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree general psychology programs. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.
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Syracuse University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.
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University of Rochester ranked #10 on this year’s Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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Best General Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best general psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 486 |
Pennsylvania | 257 |
Maryland | 68 |
New Jersey | 158 |
District of Columbia | 61 |
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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major
General Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Psychology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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