2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools
Finding the Best Psychology School for You
In 2020-2021, 42,013 psychology students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.
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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Most Popular Psychology Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 782 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Psychology program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Psychology Schools in the United States
Check out the psychology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Psychology
Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for psychology students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at National University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in the United States. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Southern New Hampshire University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for psychology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #7, Pepperdine University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students. Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Nova Southeastern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools ranking. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
With a ranking of #11, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #12, Florida Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students. Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools list. Located in the city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Adler University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for psychology students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Northcentral University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools ranking. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Teachers College at Columbia University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Carlos Albizu University - San Juan landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. Located in the large city of San Juan, Carlos Albizu University - San Juan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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George Mason University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.
Alliant International University ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Psychology Schools list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
New York University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Psychology Schools ranking. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for psychology students. It came in at #22 on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Lamar University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.
With a ranking of #24, University of Denver did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for psychology students. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
University of the Cumberlands landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular psychology programs. Cumberlands is a large private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Williamsburg.
Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Psychology Schools
Additional Award Winners
This section shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Psychology Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 782 different United States psychology schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Psychology students that almost earned our Most Popular Psychology Schools award.
Psychology by Region
View the Most Popular Psychology Schools for a specific region near you.
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Majors Related to Psychology
Psychology Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
| General Psychology | 8,051 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
| Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 199,724 |
| Social Sciences | 22,292 |
| Communication & Journalism | 12,242 |
| Library Science | 5,929 |
| History | 4,391 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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 Nevit Dilmen.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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