2025 Best Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

a bachelor's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #5 out of 38 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.

College Factual looked at 18 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,735 bachelor's degrees in psychology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The psychology bachelor'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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges 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 bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 bachelor'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 easy is it for psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor'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 colleges for psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Psychology in Maryland

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

10 Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Psychology

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

508 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in psychology needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

69 Annual Graduates

Loyola University Maryland is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in psychology. Loyola Maryland is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Loyola University Maryland

3

Towson University
Towson, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

388 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in psychology needs to check out Towson University. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Towson University

4

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

332 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in psychology needs to look into University of Maryland - Baltimore County. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

5

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

100 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Johns Hopkins University

6

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

131 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Salisbury University

7

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD

Undergraduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

630 Annual Graduates

UMGC is a very large public university located in the suburb of Adelphi.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from University of Maryland Global Campus

8

Washington College
Chestertown, MD

27 Annual Graduates

Washington College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Chestertown.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Washington College

9

Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD

47 Annual Graduates

Stevenson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Owings Mills.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from Stevenson University

10

St Mary's College of Maryland
St. Mary's City, MD

51 Annual Graduates

SMCM is a small public college located in the rural area of St. Mary's City.More information about a bachelor’s in psychology from St Mary’s College of Maryland

Best Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	37	5,128
New York	37	11,851
New Jersey	34	3,618
Delaware	30	396
District of Columbia	28	543

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	2,564
Child Development & Psychology	160
Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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.