2024 Best Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in social psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #277 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for social psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 819 bachelor's degrees in social psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of social psychology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. 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 bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 social psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other social psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The social 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 Social Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Social Psychology in the United States

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

10 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Psychology

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

364 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in social psychology needs to take a look at University of California - Irvine. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from University of California - Irvine

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

26 Annual Graduates

University of California - San Diego is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in social psychology. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from University of California - San Diego

3

Park University
Parkville, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

223 Annual Graduates

Park University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in social psychology. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Parkville.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Park University

4

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA

29 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in social psychology needs to check out University of Massachusetts - Boston. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from University of Massachusetts - Boston

5

Augsburg University
Minneapolis, MN

2 Annual Graduates

Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Augsburg University

6

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO

49 Annual Graduates

Northwest is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Maryville.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Northwest Missouri State University

7

Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO

13 Annual Graduates

Maryville U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Maryville University of Saint Louis

8

Tiffin University
Tiffin, OH

Located in the town of Tiffin, Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Tiffin University

9

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

2 Annual Graduates

WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Western Michigan University

10

Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

24 Annual Graduates

Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in social psychology from Trinity Washington University

Social Psychology by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Social Psychology Related Rankings by Major

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
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	9,334
Experimental Psychology	2,625
Behavioral Neuroscience	1,326
Developmental & Child Psychology	571
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	182
Personality Psychology	7
Psychometrics & Quantitative 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.