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2025 Best Educational Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

12 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
232 Educational Psychology Degrees Awarded
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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for educational psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 232 degrees in educational psychology annually.

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Choosing a Great Educational Psychology School

Best Educational Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region Your choice of educational psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Educational Psychology Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Educational Psychology
Master's Degrees in Educational Psychology
Doctor's Degrees in Educational Psychology

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 in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college 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 Educational Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Educational Psychology

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY
32.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in educational psychology needs to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were approximately 25 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA
33 Educational Psychology Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in educational psychology. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.

There were approximately 33 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In NY
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in educational psychology needs to look into University at Buffalo. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. A Best Colleges rank of #171 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University at Buffalo is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

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Hunter College
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY

It is difficult to beat Hunter College if you want to pursue a degree in educational psychology. Hunter is a very large public college located in the city of New York. This college ranks 30th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 9 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD

Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NJ
27.3% Growth in Graduates

Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.

There were roughly 22 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.

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7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NY

The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York. This school ranks 67th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 11 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent data year.

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

UAlbany is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Albany. A Best Colleges rank of #263 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UAlbany is a great university overall.

There were roughly 22 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent year we have data available.

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9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In PA

IUP is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Indiana. This university ranks 54th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 9 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at IUP in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in educational psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

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Kean University
Union, NJ
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NJ

Kean is a large public university located in the large suburb of Union. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were approximately 18 educational psychology students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent data year.

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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 1,026 86
Pennsylvania 978 114
Maryland 618 8
New Jersey 614 58
District of Columbia 441 0

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology 1,078
School Psychology 905
Forensic Psychology 816
Clinical Psychology 708
Applied Behavior Analysis 463
Applied Psychology 415
Industrial & Organizational Psychology 381
Other Psychology & Counseling 187
Health/Medical Psychology 37
Community Psychology 23

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