2024 Best Social Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Social Psychology is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #696 out of the 1172 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Social Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 18 master's degrees in social psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Social Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of social psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality social psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 social psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other social psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a master'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social psychology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Social 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 Social Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for social psychology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Social Psychology

1

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

New York University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in social psychology. 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 master’s in social psychology from New York University

2

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in social psychology has to check out The Graduate Center, CUNY. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in social psychology from The Graduate Center, CUNY

3

Hunter College
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Hunter College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in social psychology. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in social psychology from Hunter College

Best Social Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Psychology

One of 10 majors within the Child Development & Psychology area of study, Social Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Social Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Developmental & Child Psychology	355
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	209
Experimental Psychology	73
Behavioral Neuroscience	36
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	28
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	25
Comparative Psychology	16

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.