2025 Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you pursue a master's degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #34 most popular program 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 2 schools in Connecticut 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 38 master's degrees in general psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 full 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

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 Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Psychology in Connecticut

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

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Psychology

1

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

15 Annual Graduates

Every 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 moderately-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

2

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

13 Annual Graduates

$44,853 Median Starting Salary

Southern Connecticut State University is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in general psychology. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, psychology master's recipients generally make around $44,853 at the beginning of their careers.

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

Best General Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	211
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	38

Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	346
Child Development & Psychology	62

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.