School Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #260 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 149 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best School Psychology Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,645 degrees in school psychology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of school psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for school 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 School Psychology in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the school psychology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in school psychology. The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
There were roughly 24 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at The Chicago School Chicago Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
Teachers College at Columbia University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in school psychology. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were about 54 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a degree in school 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 approximately 8 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in school psychology. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 45 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
National University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in school psychology. Located in the large city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 33rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 105 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large 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 76 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Alliant in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #109 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #59 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
William James College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Newton.
There were roughly 31 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at William James College in the most recent year we have data available.
Yeshiva is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. This university ranks 17th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 17 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Yeshiva in the most recent data year.
NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale. This university ranks 10th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 35 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 82nd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 45 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Cal Baptist in the most recent year we have data available.
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 about 4 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
OSU is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Stillwater. This university ranks 2nd out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were about 14 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at OSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Carlos Albizu University - San Juan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Juan.
There were about 26 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Carlos Albizu University - San Juan in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 37th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 37 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.
Brandman is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Irvine. This university ranks 51st out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 134 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Brandman in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 23 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at NLU in the most recent data year.
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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 School 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).