2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England 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 8 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 370 doctor's degrees in psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various 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 complete 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychology in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Boston University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Boston University

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in psychology. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Amherst.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Massachusetts Amherst

3

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

University of Connecticut is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. UCONN is a very large public university located in the town of Storrs.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Connecticut

4

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

University of Hartford is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Hartford

5

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

URI is a large public university located in the suburb of Kingston.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Rhode Island

6

Endicott College
Beverly, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Beverly, Endicott is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Endicott College

7

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Massachusetts - Boston

8

Western New England University
Springfield, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Western New England is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Western New England University

Best Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best psychology colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	29	244
Connecticut	28	61
Rhode Island	23	20
Maine	18	8
New Hampshire	16	22
Vermont	14	7

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	257
Child Development & Psychology	68
General Psychology	43
Other Psychology	2

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.