2025 Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in California

If you pursue a doctor's degree in other research & experimental psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #71 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of other research & experimental psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 113 doctor's degrees in other research & experimental psychology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Other Research & Experimental Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of other research & experimental psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality research & experimental psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other research & experimental psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of other research & experimental psychology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other research & experimental psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other research & experimental psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Other Research & Experimental Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Other Research & Experimental Psychology in California

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in other research & experimental psychology.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Research & Experimental Psychology

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of California - Irvine if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in other research & experimental psychology. UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine.More information about a doctorate in other research & experimental psychology from University of California - Irvine

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in other research & experimental psychology. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in other research & experimental psychology from University of Southern California

3

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of California - San Diego if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in other research & experimental psychology. UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla.More information about a doctorate in other research & experimental psychology from University of California - San Diego

4

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in other research & experimental psychology. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the city of Berkeley.More information about a doctorate in other research & experimental psychology from University of California - Berkeley

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University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in other research & experimental psychology from University of California - Riverside

Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	216	5
Oregon	145	3
Nevada	111	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Research & Experimental Psychology

Other Research & Experimental Psychology is one of 10 different types of Child Development & Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Experimental Psychology	21
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	1
Social Psychology	1

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.