2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #6 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 doctor's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

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 psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of psychology students who choose to seek a doctor'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 easy is it for 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 psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The 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 Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychology in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in psychology. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Notre Dame

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Indiana University - Bloomington if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Indiana University - Bloomington

3

University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

University of Indianapolis is a great option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the city of Indianapolis, UIndy is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Indianapolis

Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	29	118
Ohio	29	146
Illinois	29	429
Wisconsin	27	87

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	60
Child Development & Psychology	38

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 Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.