2025 Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

General Psychology is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 531 bachelor's degrees in general psychology to qualified students.

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

Your choice of general psychology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality 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 bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 - The number of general psychology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 much debt general psychology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 colleges for general psychology students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Psychology in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general psychology.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in Psychology

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

100 Annual Graduates

$51,959 Median Starting Salary

$100,720 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general psychology needs to take a look at Georgetown University. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.

Bachelor's recipients from the general psychology major at Georgetown University get $24,122 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

110 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat George Washington University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general psychology. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from George Washington University

3

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

52 Annual Graduates

$24,106 Median Starting Salary

$70,863 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat Catholic University of America if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general psychology. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program make about $24,106 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from Catholic University of America

4

American University
Washington, DC

79 Annual Graduates

$25,773 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general psychology has to look into American University. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, psychology bachelor's recipients usually make about $25,773 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from American University

5

Howard University
Washington, DC

132 Annual Graduates

$18,934 Median Starting Salary

$96,984 Median Student Debt

Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the psychology program make about $18,934 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from Howard University

6

Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

21 Annual Graduates

$20,185 Median Starting Salary

Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.

After graduation, psychology bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $20,185 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from Gallaudet University

7

Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

18 Annual Graduates

$26,065 Median Starting Salary

Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the psychology program state that they receive average early career income of $26,065.

More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from Trinity Washington University

8

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general psychology from University of the District of Columbia

Best General Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	9,810
Pennsylvania	274	4,092
Maryland	207	2,451
New Jersey	193	3,154
Delaware	130	190

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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	531

Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	60

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.