Stanford University in Stanford, California, offers a Ph.D. in five different areas of psychology including cognitive, developmental, neuroscience, affective science and social psychology. Stanford's psychology department that was ranked No., 1 by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington in 2003. The program for child psychology focuses on both research and teaching to educate students.
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor offers six different areas of study for the Ph.D. The six different areas of focus are biopsychology, clinical, cognition, developmental, personality and social contexts and social psychology. The program prepares students for careers in academic institutions, government agencies or in research areas. The department is incredibly large but does not detract from the success rate of the students.
The graduate program in psychology at the University of California at Berkeley offers studies in five different units including behavioral neuroscience, clinical science, cognition, brain and behavior and social-personality. All studies involve basic course work, seminars and independent research.
Yale, one of the Ivy League universities, offers psychology students plenty of opportunities to participate in new research opportunities. Yale offers studies in the psychology department for clinical, social/personality, developmental, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. Students experience general course work along with seminars where new research is presented.