2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 27 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 1,117 doctor's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The psychology doctor'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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 much debt psychology students go into to obtain their doctor'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 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.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

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 the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in psychology has to take a look at New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from New York University

3

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in psychology has to look into Hofstra University. Located in the suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Hofstra University

4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

56 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in psychology. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

5

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in psychology from George Washington University

6

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Fordham University

7

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Loyola Maryland is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Loyola University Maryland

8

LIU Post
Brookville, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookville.More information about a doctorate in psychology from LIU Post

9

Yeshiva University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Annual Graduates

Yeshiva is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Yeshiva University

10

St John's University - New York
Queens, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

STJ is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Queens.More information about a doctorate in psychology from St John’s University - New York

Best Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	30	501
Maryland	29	49
Pennsylvania	29	284
New Jersey	28	105
District of Columbia	24	160
Delaware	21	5

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	764
Child Development & Psychology	235
General Psychology	107
Other 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 Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.