2025 Best Educational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Ranked #73 in popularity, educational psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for educational psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 doctor's degrees in educational psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 educational psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of educational 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 educational psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Educational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Educational Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in educational psychology.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Educational Psychology

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in educational psychology. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in educational psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

The Graduate Center, CUNY is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in educational psychology. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in educational psychology from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Educational Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best educational psychology schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	19
Pennsylvania	311	6
Maryland	190	5
District of Columbia	143	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Educational Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	486
School Psychology	145
Counseling Psychology	79
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	11
Clinical Child Psychology	9
Forensic Psychology	3
Applied Psychology	1
Applied Behavior Analysis	1

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.