Stanford University's Department of Psychology ties for the No. 1 spot for graduate psychology programs on the 2009 U.S. News and World Report rankings. It has held the No. 1 spot for more than 50 years and was given a special honor in 2003 from the Smithsonian Institute for its achievements.
Stanford offers a large array of hands-on training, including an MRI machine to study brain images, the Bing nursery to study child behavior and even genetics to study the effects of genetics on depression.
Stanford's faculty are top-notch, with members of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Department of Psychology
Jordan Hall, Building 01-420
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
650-725-2400
The other university ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report, University of California Berkeley (UCB), is a mere 50 miles from Stanford.
The goal of UCB's graduate psychology program is to produce scholars and researchers who use the breadth of their knowledge in psychology to become the leaders in their fields. UCB focuses on behavioral neuroscience, change and development, clinical science, cognition and behavior, and social-personality.
Department of Psychology
3210 Tolman Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
510-642-5292
Harvard University couldn't be father from Stanford and UCB locationally, but ranks directly behind them in graduate psychology. The field of psychology emerged at Harvard in the late 1800s. Harvard has been a leader in the psychology field since that time, with pioneers such as B.F. Skinner and George Miller as faculty.
The graduate program has about 65 students studying five fields of psychology: cognition and behavior, developmental, clinical science, social, and organizational behavior.
Psychology Department
William James Hall
33 Kirkland St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-3810