PhD Program Rankings (Adapted from US News and World Report)
Below are reputation scores and ranks of the top 27 PhD programs in Psychology, including top-ranked schools in each of six subspecialties. From US News and World Report, “America’s Best Graduate Schools” rank/school average reputation score.
Rank School Average reputation score
1 Stanford Univ. 4.8
2 Univ. of California-Berkeley 4.6
2 Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.6
4 Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 4.5
4 Yale Univ. 4.5
6 Harvard Univ. 4.4
6 Univ. of California-Los Angeles 4.4
6 Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities 4.4
9 Carnegie Mellon Univ. 4.2
9 Princeton Univ. 4.2
9 Univ. of Pennsylvania 4.2
9 Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison 4.2
13 Indiana Univ.-Bloomington 4.1
13 Univ. of California-San Diego 4.1
13 Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 4.1
16 Johns Hopkins Univ. 4.0
16 Univ. of Colorado-Boulder 4.0
16 Univ. of Texas-Austin 4.0
19 Cornell Univ. 3.9
19 Duke Univ. 3.9
19 Northwestern Univ. 3.9
19 Univ. of Chicago 3.9
19 Univ. of Washington 3.9
24 Columbia Univ. 3.8
24 Ohio State Univ. 3.8
24 Univ. of California-Irvine 3.8
24 Univ. of Virginia 3.8
Top Specialty Programs
Clinical Psychology
1. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2. Univ. of Illinois-Urban a-Champaign
3. Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor
4. Univ. of California-Los Angeles
5. Univ. of Washington
Counseling Psychology
1. Univ. of Maryland-College Park
2. Ohio State Univ.
3. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
4. Univ. of Missouri-Columbia
5. Univ. of Iowa
Developmental
1. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2. Univ. of Virginia
2. Stanford Univ.
4. Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5. Univ. of Illinois-Urban a-Champaign
5. Univ. of California-Berkeley
Experimental Psychology
1. Stanford Univ.
2. Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor
3. Univ. of California-Berkeley
4. Univ. of Illinois-Urban a-Champaign
5. Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Industrial/Organizational
1. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2. Univ. of Maryland-College Park
3. Michigan State Univ.
4. Ohio State Univ.
5. Bowling Green State Univ.
5. Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
School Psychology
1. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
2. Univ. of Texas-Austin
3. Univ. of South Carolina-Columbia
3. Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
3. Columbia Univ.
3. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
(The response rate for psychology was 34%, the lowest response rate for the six PhD fields surveyed. Political Science had the highest response rate, at 54%.)
Reprinted with permission from US News and World Report. Copyright, 1995, US News and World Report.
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