2025 Best Applied Psychology Schools in New Jersey

If you plan on majoring in applied psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #282 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 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Applied Psychology Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 degrees in applied psychology annually.

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

• Best Overall Applied Psychology Schools List

Applied Psychology Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Applied Psychology Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Applied Psychology in New Jersey

The schools below may not offer all types of applied psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New Jersey Schools in Applied Psychology

1

Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Rider University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in applied psychology. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in applied psychology from Rider University

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Applied Psychology Degrees Awarded

27.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in applied psychology needs to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in applied psychology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Applied Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Applied Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	249
Pennsylvania	978	44

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Rankings in Majors Related to Applied Psychology

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Applied Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
School Psychology	148
Counseling Psychology	112
Other Psychology & Counseling	97
Clinical Psychology	73
Educational Psychology	56
Forensic Psychology	51
Applied Behavior Analysis	36
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	34

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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.