2024 Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region
83Colleges in the New England Region
14,113Psychology Degrees Awarded
$38,727Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #8 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 83 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 14,113 degrees in psychology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Psychology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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Best Schools for Psychology in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the psychology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat Harvard University if you wish to pursue a degree in psychology. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 165 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available. Those psychology students who get their degree from Harvard University receive $15,200 more than the standard psychology grad.
It is hard to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a degree in psychology. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the psychology program make about $37,636 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a degree in psychology. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 519 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Those psychology students who get their degree from University of Connecticut earn $6,097 more than the average psychology student.
Every student pursuing a degree in psychology has to take a look at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were about 571 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the psychology program make around $33,355 for their early career.
Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 396 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, psychology degree recipients typically earn around $37,074 at the beginning of their careers.
Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chestnut Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 275 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the psychology program report average early career wages of $39,154.
William James College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Newton.
There were roughly 260 psychology students who graduated with this degree at William James College in the most recent year we have data available. Those psychology students who get their degree from William James College receive $12,297 more than the typical psychology graduate.
Located in the fringe town of Williamstown, Williams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #68 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Williams is a great college overall.
There were roughly 64 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Williams in the most recent year we have data available. Those psychology students who get their degree from Williams College receive $2,033 more than the typical psychology grad.
Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 102 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, psychology degree recipients typically make about $36,775 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 182 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent data year. After graduating, psychology degree recipients generally make about $32,967 at the beginning of their careers.
Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were about 165 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available. Those psychology students who get their degree from Tufts University make $3,492 more than the typical psychology graduate.
Located in the small city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 128 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the psychology program report average early career income of $37,587.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Psychology Schools in the New England Region award.
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).
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The psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Psychology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
