2025 Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region
80Colleges in the New England Region
14,113Psychology Degrees Awarded
$40,723Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #8 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 80 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 14,113 degrees in psychology to qualified students.
The psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Psychology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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Best Schools for Psychology in the New England Region
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.
It is hard to beat University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a degree in psychology. Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 519 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. After graduation, psychology degree recipients usually make about $37,946 in their early careers.
Every student who is interested in psychology has to look into Boston College. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 275 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent data year. Those psychology students who get their degree from Boston College make $2,991 more than the typical psychology graduate.
Boston University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in psychology. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 396 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, psychology degree recipients generally make around $42,716 in the first five years of their career.
Any student who is interested in psychology has to take a look at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were about 571 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the psychology program make about $32,223 for their early career.
UNH is a fairly large public university located in the town of Durham. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 182 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, psychology degree recipients generally make about $38,229 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the psychology program make around $39,493 for their early career.
Clark is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Worcester. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 98 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Clark in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, psychology degree recipients generally earn an average of $33,264 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 239 psychology students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the psychology program state that they receive average early career income of $37,414.
Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Worcester. A Best Colleges rank of #59 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Holy Cross is a great college overall.
There were roughly 132 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Holy Cross in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, psychology degree recipients usually earn around $41,099 at the beginning of their careers.
Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were about 181 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year. Psychology degree recipients from Northeastern University receive an earnings boost of about $7,057 over the typical earnings of psychology graduates.
UVM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Burlington. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were roughly 164 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UVM in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the psychology program make around $32,674 in the first couple years of their career.
Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 165 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the psychology degree program at Tufts University get $11,663 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Hanover. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were approximately 71 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #50 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Fairfield U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 98 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program earn an average of $39,890 in their early career salary.
Bates is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Lewiston. This college ranks 3rd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 83 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Bates in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 15th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 128 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the psychology program report average early career wages of $37,494.
Rest of the Top Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region 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).
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The psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Psychology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
