2025 Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Ranked #3 in popularity, general psychology is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 18 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,564 bachelor's degrees in general psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The psychology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 - How many other general psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Psychology Schools

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 Maryland 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 Maryland

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

10 Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Psychology

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

478 Annual Graduates

$35,933 Median Starting Salary

$36,360 Median Student Debt

University of Maryland - College Park is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in general psychology. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.

Those general psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Maryland - College Park earn $4,199 more than the average psychology graduate.

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2

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

69 Annual Graduates

$26,103 Median Starting Salary

$69,545 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general psychology has to look into Loyola University Maryland. Loyola Maryland is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the psychology program report average early career earnings of $26,103.

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3

Towson University
Towson, MD

388 Annual Graduates

$34,375 Median Starting Salary

$24,500 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general psychology needs to take a look at Towson University. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general psychology degree program at Towson University get $2,641 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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4

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

332 Annual Graduates

$35,721 Median Starting Salary

$30,484 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general psychology has to take a look at University of Maryland - Baltimore County. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general psychology degree program at University of Maryland - Baltimore County earn $3,987 more than the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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5

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

131 Annual Graduates

$29,219 Median Starting Salary

$29,412 Median Student Debt

Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, psychology bachelor's recipients typically earn around $29,219 in the first five years of their career.

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6

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

630 Annual Graduates

$42,056 Median Starting Salary

UMGC is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

Those general psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Maryland Global Campus receive $10,322 more than the standard psychology graduate.

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7

Washington College
Chestertown, MD

27 Annual Graduates

$34,490 Median Starting Salary

Washington College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Chestertown.

Those general psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from Washington College make $2,756 more than the standard psychology student.

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8

Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD

47 Annual Graduates

$28,182 Median Starting Salary

$60,881 Median Student Debt

Stevenson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Owings Mills.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the psychology program make around $28,182 in their early career salary.

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9

St Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD

51 Annual Graduates

$28,334 Median Starting Salary

SMCM is a small public college located in the rural area of St. Mary's City.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the psychology program make an average of $28,334 in their early career salary.

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10

Goucher College
Baltimore, MD

49 Annual Graduates

$31,463 Median Starting Salary

Goucher is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Baltimore.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the psychology program report average early career wages of $31,463.

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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
New Jersey	193	3,154
Delaware	130	190
District of Columbia	126	376

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Rankings in Majors Related to Psychology

General Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	2,564

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	160
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	11

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.