2025 Best General Psychology Schools in Pennsylvania
61Colleges in Pennsylvania
4,919Psychology Degrees Awarded
General Psychology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 61 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,919 degrees in general psychology annually.
Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Best Schools for General Psychology in Pennsylvania
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 psychology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Every student pursuing a degree in general psychology needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general psychology has to check out Lehigh University. Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were about 67 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general psychology has to check out Temple University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 339 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Saint Joseph's University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general psychology. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #105 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means St. Joe's is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at St. Joe's in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #158 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bucknell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 94 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #196 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duquesne is a great university overall.
There were approximately 75 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were roughly 121 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were about 13 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Indiana, IUP is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 54th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 79 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at IUP in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Carlisle, Dickinson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #364 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Dickinson is a great college overall.
There were roughly 44 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Dickinson in the most recent year we have data available.
Muhlenberg is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Allentown. A Best Colleges rank of #331 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Muhlenberg is a great college overall.
There were about 53 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Muhlenberg in the most recent data year.
La Salle is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 23rd out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 63 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at La Salle 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 General Psychology Schools in Pennsylvania award.
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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).
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Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
