2025 Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
2Colleges in the Southeast Region
25Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #85 in popularity, industrial & organizational psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 doctor's degrees in industrial & organizational psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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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 industrial & organizational psychology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of industrial & organizational 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 industrial & organizational psychology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for industrial & organizational psychology students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Industrial & Organizational Psychology Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Industrial & Organizational Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Industrial & Organizational Psychology Related Rankings by Major
One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Industrial & Organizational Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
