Top Educational Psychology Graduate Programs

University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Under its graduate educational psychology program, ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report in 2010, the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers four areas of specialization, one of which is learning sciences. This specialization seeks to bridge the gap between learning theory and pragmatic educational practice. Another specialization within this degree is human development, which studies the lifespan of the individual in order to understand human behavior as well as practical approaches to education. Quantitative methods is another specialization from which students can choose. This approach prepares its graduates for careers in educational research, consultants and psychometrics. The fourth specialization in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's psychology department is school psychology. This path seeks to prepare students for careers mediating and maximizing communication between students, families, teachers and administrators in the education system.

  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  School of Education
  123 Education Building
  Madison, WI 53706
  608-262-2433
  wisc.edu

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• The graduate psychology department at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor takes a slightly different approach to their educational psychology program than most other institutions. Rather than a doctorate educational psychology degree, the school offers a combined program in education and psychology, because the school believes that the highest-quality education comes from a specialized department, and an integrated department would not be able to cover each topic adequately. This degree is for full-time students only and is not available part time. The U.S. News and World Report ranked this school second in the U.S. for its educational psychology program in its 2010 report.

  University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  School of Education
  610 E. University St.
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-764-7563
  umich.edu

Stanford University

• The degree offered through the Stanford University psychology department prepares its graduates for a career of psychological experimentation within the framework of education. After the first year of study, students in this program begin to work closely with a member of the faculty and elect a specialization within the major. These areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, teaching and teacher education, the psychology of individual differences, statistical methods, the cognitive aspects of school subjects and educational measurement. This degree program is very flexible, and matriculated students can specialize in a specific area of research or elect to pursue interdisciplinary work. Stanford's program was ranked third by U.S. News and World Report in 2010.

  Stanford University
  School of Education
  485 Lasuen Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-4794