a master's degree in other psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #75 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for other psychology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 179 master's degrees in other psychology to qualified students.
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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 much a school focuses on other psychology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other 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 much debt other psychology students go into to obtain their master'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 other psychology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other psychology students working on their master's degree.
The other psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Russell Sage College is a great option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in other psychology. Located in the city of Troy, Russel Sage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the other psychology program make about $54,372 in their early career salary.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in other psychology needs to check out Marist College. Marist is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie.
After graduation, other psychology master's recipients generally make an average of $69,265 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
