Top Psychology Colleges in America

University of California--Los Angeles

• The University of California's clinical psychology program appears twice on the 2008 "US News & World Report" list. The Los Angeles campus (UCLA) received the highest score on the list, earning 4.4 points out of a possible 5. Since 1958, UCLA's clinical psychology pre-doctoral internship program has maintained continuous accreditation by the American Psychological Association, and the UCLA Medical Center continues to be among the best in the United States.

  University of California--Los Angeles
  1285 Franz Hall
  Los Angeles, CA 90095
  310-825-2961
  www.ucla.edu

University of Washington

• The University of Washington's clinical psychology program tied with UCLA's, earning 4.4 out of 5 points. The university's program has been continuously accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1948, and pre-doctoral students gain real-world experience seeing patients at the Psychological Services and Training Center located on campus.

  University of Washington
  306 Guthrie Hall
  UW Box 351525
  Seattle, WA 98195
  206-543-2563
  www.washington.edu

University of Wisconsin--Madison

• Also earning a 4.4 out of a possible 5 points, the University of Wisconsin's psychology program is the third institution to earn the highest score by "US News & World Report." The success of the University of Wisconsin's psychology program is noted by the fact that although the psychology department is roughly half the size of other similar institutions, it receives twice as many federal research funds as all other university psychology departments in America.

  University of Wisconsin--Madison
  1202 West Johnson Street
  Madison, WI 53706
  608-262-2079
  www.wisc.edu