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2023 Most Popular General Psychology Schools in New Jersey

6 Colleges
$31,893 Avg Salary
$26,018 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Psychology School for You

General Psychology is the #35 most popular major in New Jersey with 158 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular General Psychology Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New Jersey 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Rutgers University - New Brunswick to be the most popular school for general psychology students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

Kean University

Union, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Psychology Schools in New Jersey list. Kean is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Union.

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#3

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

The excellent programs at Seton Hall University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general psychology schools in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Camden. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Psychology Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular General Psychology Schools in New Jersey list. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck.

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Rutgers University - Newark came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Psychology Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best General Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

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 6 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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