2024 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Applied Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #233 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for applied psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 152 bachelor's degrees in applied psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to applied psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other applied 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Applied 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 Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Applied Psychology in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Applied Psychology

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

118 Annual Graduates

Boston College is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied psychology. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chestnut Hill.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from Boston College

2

Champlain College
Burlington, VT

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Champlain College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in applied psychology. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Burlington.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from Champlain College

3

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

14 Annual Graduates

Johnson & Wales University - Providence is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in applied psychology. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in applied psychology from Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Best Applied Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	118
Rhode Island	307	22
Vermont	289	12

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Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Applied Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	90
Clinical Psychology	46
Forensic Psychology	42
Community Psychology	28
Health/Medical Psychology	20
Applied Behavior Analysis	6

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.