The Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley includes undergraduate and graduate departments that rank in the top ten in overall psychology programs by the National Research Council and the U.S. News and World Report. The faculty consists of four Pulitzer Prize winners and seven Nobel laureate professors that teach courses in bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, ADHD and other mental disorders. Although the doctoral program takes approximately five years, the Department of Psychology offers financial support and scholarships for qualified students.
Stanford University, located near the San Francisco Bay area, offers five departments within the School of Psychology: social, neuroscience, developmental, cognitive and affect science. With a 4 to 1 student to teacher ratio, the different departments are organized so each graduate and undergraduate student receives enough attention to succeed. The campus received a top ranking for the graduate psychology department by the U.S. News and World Report for their state-of-the-art research facility and faculty.
Harvard University's Department of Psychology offers students two academic routes for their studies: common curriculum and clinical science. Each academic route is set up with courses designed to help students stay on track and take courses relevant to their fields. The common curriculum route focuses on courses in cognitive psychology, social psychology, neuroscience and perception. The clinical science route prepares graduate and undergraduate students for a career in diagnostic, clinical and medical psychology.
The University of California in Los Angeles offers sixteen centers and programs, such as the UCLA psychology clinic, the Moronity mental health program, cognitive science research program and the children's digital media center. Graduate and undergraduate students pursue courses in such areas as cognition, personality, social development, learning and memory, motivation and healthy psychology. The U.S. News and World Report ranks UCLA in the top five for the graduate psychology program.