2025 Best Experimental Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in experimental psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #89 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Experimental Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 82 doctor's degrees in experimental psychology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Experimental Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of experimental psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on experimental psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of experimental psychology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized experimental psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for experimental psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Experimental Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Experimental Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in experimental psychology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Experimental Psychology

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in experimental psychology. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in experimental psychology from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in experimental psychology. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in experimental psychology from Ohio State University - Main Campus

3

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Chicago if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in experimental psychology. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in experimental psychology from University of Chicago

Best Experimental Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best experimental psychology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	13
Michigan	257	22
Ohio	253	27
Indiana	202	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Experimental Psychology

Experimental Psychology is one of 10 different types of Child Development & Psychology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Experimental Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	62
Developmental & Child Psychology	3
Behavioral Neuroscience	2
Social Psychology	2

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.