2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

a doctor's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 320 doctor's degrees in psychology to qualified students.

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality 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 Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 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.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychology in Florida

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in psychology.

Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Florida

2

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Miami if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in psychology. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Coral Gables.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Miami

3

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Florida International University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in psychology. FIU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Miami.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Florida International University

4

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in psychology needs to take a look at University of Central Florida. UCF is a very large public university located in the suburb of Orlando.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Central Florida

5

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

99 Annual Graduates

NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Nova Southeastern University

6

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Florida Institute of Technology

7

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Florida State University

8

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.More information about a doctorate in psychology from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Best Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	29	198
Georgia	28	98
Mississippi	28	77
South Carolina	28	18
North Carolina	26	73
Kentucky	26	79
Alabama	25	59
Tennessee	25	80
Louisiana	25	50
Arkansas	23	13
West Virginia	20	27

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	206
General Psychology	103
Child Development & 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.