If you plan on majoring in educational psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #309 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 77 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Educational Psychology Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,980 degrees in educational psychology to qualified students.
The educational psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Educational Psychology in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of educational psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in educational psychology. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were approximately 26 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus in the most recent data year.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a great option for students pursuing a degree in educational psychology. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 25 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Harvard University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in educational psychology. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you wish to pursue a degree in educational psychology. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 70 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of San Diego, Alliant is a private for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 46th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 31 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Alliant in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 36 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 58 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 28 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 4 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Educational Psychology Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The educational psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
