2025 Best Educational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Educational Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #73 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for educational psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 doctor's degrees in educational psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Educational Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of educational psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality educational 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 good 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 educational psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of educational 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 educational psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The educational psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Educational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Educational Psychology in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for educational psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Educational Psychology

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in educational psychology needs to look into University of Georgia. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in educational psychology from University of Georgia

2

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Memphis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in educational psychology. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Memphis.More information about a doctorate in educational psychology from University of Memphis

3

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Florida State University is a good decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in educational psychology. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in educational psychology from Florida State University

Best Educational Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best educational psychology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	4
Georgia	190	16
Virginia	182	0
Mississippi	154	10
Tennessee	150	10
Alabama	139	4
Kentucky	119	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Educational Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	312
Clinical Psychology	288
School Psychology	41
Health/Medical Psychology	26
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	25
Applied Behavior Analysis	15
Other Psychology & Counseling	12
Community Psychology	6
Applied Psychology	3

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.