Top Colleges for Psychology

Stanford University

• The Stanford University psychology department is separated into five sub-departments: cognitive, developmental, affect science, social and neuroscience. This organization is designed to ensure that each area of research receives adequate attention and keeps Stanford on the cutting edge of each individual research area. The campus is located in Stanford, California, on the San Francisco Bay. In their 2010 report, U.S. News and World Report ranked this school tied for first in the United States in terms of their graduate psychology department. Stanford's website claims that they educate more low-income students through federal Pell grants than all eight ivy league schools combined.

  Stanford University
  Department of Psychology
  Jordan Hall, Building 420
  Stanford, CA 94305-2130
  650-725-2400
  stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley

• University of California, Berkeley was ranked number one by a National Research Council study for schools with the most graduate departments ranking in the top ten of their respective fields. The faculty includes seven Nobel laureates and four Pulitzer Prize winners. This school also tied with Stanford University for first nationally in the 2010 U.S. News and World Report ranking of graduate psychology programs. Berkeley's doctoral psychology program generally takes five years to complete. The psychology department also offers five years of financial support to all accepted students. The campus is less than five miles from the Pacific Ocean.

  University of California, Berkeley
  Department of Psychology
  3210 Tolman Hall #1650
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1650
  510- 642-1382
  berkeley.edu

Harvard University

• The psychology department at Harvard University was created late in the 19th century by discipline heavyweight William James. The department also has had an impressive list of faculty and alumni since its creation, including B. F. Skinner and George Miller. In its 2010 publication, U.S. News and World Report ranked Harvard third nationally for its graduate psychology department. Students in this program can choose to follow one of two academic courses. The first is the Common Curriculum, focusing on topics like neuroscience, cognitive psychology, perception, social psychology and behavioral neuroscience. The second option is clinical science. This course of study prepares students for a career in medical, clinical or diagnostic psychology.

  Harvard University
  Department of Psychology
  William James Hall
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617- 495-3810
  harvard.edu