2025 Best Social Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

A degree in social psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #438 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for social psychology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 148 degrees in social psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Social Psychology Schools List

Social Psychology Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Social Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 social psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Social Psychology

1

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat New York University if you want to pursue a degree in social psychology. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a degree in social psychology from New York University

2

Hunter College
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Hunter College if you wish to pursue a degree in social psychology. Hunter is a very large public college located in the city of New York.More information about a degree in social psychology from Hunter College

Best Social Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best social psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	38
Pennsylvania	978	87
District of Columbia	441	27

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Social Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Child Development & Psychology area of study, Social Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	3,039
Developmental & Child Psychology	534
Experimental Psychology	485
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	85
Behavioral Neuroscience	85
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	38
Comparative Psychology	10
Personality Psychology	2
Psychopharmacology	2

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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.