School Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #260 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 115 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for school psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,645 degrees in school psychology annually.
Your choice of school psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for school psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The school psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best School Psychology Schools.
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Best Schools for School Psychology in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the school psychology degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Northeastern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in school psychology. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were about 21 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a degree in school psychology. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in school psychology. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 45 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Florida is a good decision for students interested in a degree in school psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 19 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 37 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 37th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 105 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent data year.
Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 6 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
SDSU is a very large public university located in the large city of San Diego. This university ranks 25th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 11 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at SDSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 66th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 45 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Cal Baptist in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent data year.
CSUMB is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside. This university ranks 72nd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 16 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at CSUMB in the most recent year we have data available.
NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale. This university ranks 14th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 35 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent data year.
CSULB is a fairly large public university located in the city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 24 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent data year.
Chapman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Orange. This university ranks 24th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 40 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent year we have data available.
UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were about 12 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
JMU is a very large public university located in the small city of Harrisonburg. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
LIU Post is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville. This school ranks 24th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 23 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at LIU Post in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 11 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent data year.
Brandman is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Irvine. This university ranks 57th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 134 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at Brandman in the most recent data year.
IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 school psychology students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best School Psychology Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of school psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for school psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
