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2023 Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

63 Colleges
$30,905 Avg Salary
$24,809 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Psychology 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 Most Popular General Psychology 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. Our analysis looked at 63 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Psychology program at each school on the list.

Check out the psychology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the most popular school for general psychology students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

The New School

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The New School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#4

Towson University

Towson, MD

Out of the 63 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#6

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

Adelphi University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Adelphi is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Garden City.

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#7

Kean University

Union, NJ

Kean University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Kean is a large public school located in the large suburb of Union.

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Millersville University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Millersville is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Millersville.

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#9

Yeshiva University

New York, NY

Yeshiva University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general psychology programs. Located in the large city of New York, Yeshiva is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
11 LIU Post Brookville, NY
12 Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 486
Pennsylvania 257
Maryland 68
New Jersey 158
District of Columbia 61

General Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 28 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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