If you plan on majoring in educational psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #309 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.
College Factual reviewed 56 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of educational psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,980 degrees in educational psychology annually.
The educational psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational 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.
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 Educational Psychology Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Educational Psychology in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of educational psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a great option for students interested in a degree in educational psychology. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola University Chicago is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in educational psychology. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 28 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago 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 educational psychology. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
University of Connecticut is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in educational psychology. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 36 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 26 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 33 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 29th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 17 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 60 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Educational 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).
The educational psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational Psychology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
