Educational psychology

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Education Schools

Future school psychologists and educators learn how to evaluate the cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of students' minds in these programs. These are the top schools for programs in educational psychology.

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Rankings Overall Education School Program Data
Rank School name Tuition Total enrollment Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students Doctoral programs acceptance rate Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands) Peer assessment score (out of 5) Student-faculty ratio Superintendent assessment score (out of 5) Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)
#1 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,010
#2 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$41,250 per year (full-time) 380
#3 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$19,616 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,666 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 473
#4 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

$551 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,188 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 986
#5 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

$11,432 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,698 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 936
#6 Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

Nashville, TN

$1,712 per credit (full-time) 808
#7 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

$630 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,206 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2,051
#8 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 344
#9 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

$8,402 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,225
#10 Pennsylvania State University–​University Park

University Park, PA

$17,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,374 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,138
#11 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 795
#11 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

$14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,880