2025 Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

General Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #20 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 doctor's degrees in general psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor'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 doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Psychology Schools

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 General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Psychology in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general psychology.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

11 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general psychology needs to look into Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from Boston University

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general psychology has to take a look at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general psychology from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best General Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Psychology Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	93	0
Rhode Island	78	0
New Hampshire	47	1
Maine	46	5
Vermont	30	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Psychology

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

Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	30

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	189
Child Development & Psychology	38
Other Psychology	2

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.