2024 Best School Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

School Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #72 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best School Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 doctor's degrees in school psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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 school psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other school psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 school psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study School Psychology in New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Doctorate in School Psychology

1

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in school psychology needs to look into Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Teaneck.More information about a doctorate in school psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

2

Kean University
Union, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Kean University is a good decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in school psychology. Kean is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Union.More information about a doctorate in school psychology from Kean University

Best School Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	65
Pennsylvania	311	36
District of Columbia	143	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to School Psychology

School Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to School Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	21
Counseling Psychology	6
Applied Behavior Analysis	4

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.