2025 Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

General Psychology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #34 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for general psychology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,113 master's degrees in general psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great General Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

The psychology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Psychology in the New England Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general psychology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Psychology

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

34 Annual Graduates

$50,606 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a master's degree in general psychology. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the psychology program state that they receive average early career wages of $50,606.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Boston University

2

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

11 Annual Graduates

$59,191 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in general psychology has to check out University of Massachusetts - Lowell. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Lowell.

General Psychology master's degree recipients from University of Massachusetts - Lowell earn a boost of about $8,956 above the average income of general psychology graduates.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

3

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

858 Annual Graduates

$47,400 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you want to pursue a master's degree in general psychology. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

After graduating, psychology master's recipients generally make an average of $47,400 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Southern New Hampshire University

4

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

15 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general psychology has to take a look at Central Connecticut State University. CCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of New Britain.More information about a master’s in general psychology from Central Connecticut State University

5

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

13 Annual Graduates

$44,853 Median Starting Salary

Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, SCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the psychology program report average early career earnings of $44,853.

More information about a master’s in general psychology from Southern Connecticut State University

6

Fisher College
Boston, MA

20 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Boston, Fisher College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in general psychology from Fisher College

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	211
Connecticut	153	23
Rhode Island	127	7
New Hampshire	108	710
Vermont	91	17
Maine	90	3

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General Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, General Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Psychology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	1,113

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1,621
Child Development & Psychology	195
Other Psychology	16

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus. More about our data sources and methodologies.