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Best Colleges for Psychology, General

Ranked by graduate earnings. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard — updated 2026.

Programs tracked: 926

Avg grad salary: $41,665

Total graduates: 101,487

Top Colleges for Psychology, General — Ranked by Graduate Earnings

Showing schools with reported earnings data. Earnings reflect median graduate salary 4 years after graduation (or 1 year where 4-year data is unavailable).

#	School	Median Salary (4yr)	Starting Salary (1yr)	Graduates	Median Debt	Admit Rate
1	University of Washington Seattle, WA	$143,937	$135,384	133	$17,426	42.5%
2	Wagner College Staten Island, NY	$137,299	$129,269	28	$27,000	83.5%
3	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	$121,198	$100,883	131	$27,000	79.7%
4	D'Youville University Buffalo, NY	$107,017	$101,885	31	$42,500	82.3%
5	John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences South Bend, IN	N/A	$106,833	30	$30,118	100.0%
6	National University San Diego, CA	$101,494	$92,748	108	$31,250	N/A
7	Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA	N/A	$100,987	25	$27,000	75.8%
8	Long Island University Brookville, NY	$98,698	$92,696	43	$23,343	89.8%
9	Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$98,101	$64,512	26	$26,000	78.5%
10	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	$97,379	$100,724	821	$13,000	93.2%
11	Seattle University Seattle, WA	$96,973	$102,664	83	$19,500	76.0%
12	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	$95,240	$30,949	244	$25,000	95.5%
13	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA	N/A	$93,239	146	$28,300	N/A
14	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	N/A	$92,818	31	N/A	80.7%
15	Southwest University at El Paso El Paso, TX	N/A	$86,211	18	N/A	N/A
16	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	N/A	$85,964	47	$12,715	N/A
17	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	$85,350	$82,918	60	$25,000	86.1%
18	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn, NY	$84,870	$105,434	40	$27,740	N/A
19	Rush University Chicago, IL	$84,323	$75,202	56	$35,578	N/A
20	Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL	N/A	$83,927	42	$24,518	N/A
21	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$81,262	$78,298	30	$24,972	71.4%
22	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	$80,183	$69,600	41	$26,672	77.0%
23	Pima Medical Institute-Tucson Tucson, AZ	$79,949	$81,585	189	$34,125	N/A
24	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR	$79,400	$83,906	267	$29,500	91.7%
25	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	$77,459	$92,363	56	$29,514	N/A
26	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX	N/A	$76,438	77	$16,500	N/A
27	AdventHealth University Orlando, FL	$75,642	$77,225	89	$32,625	N/A
28	MCPHS University Boston, MA	$75,333	$76,575	96	$30,750	85.2%
29	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, ME	N/A	$74,266	27	$22,584	81.7%
30	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$73,322	$92,165	316	$20,500	49.0%
31	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	$73,179	$72,259	924	$25,000	65.3%
32	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	$73,179	$72,259	924	$25,000	78.7%
33	Duke University Durham, NC	$72,857	$33,559	44	$15,415	6.8%
34	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	N/A	$72,789	38	$24,250	N/A
35	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	$71,669	$71,505	215	$22,439	81.4%
36	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	$71,667	$57,714	374	$20,475	95.5%
37	Regis College Weston, MA	N/A	$71,563	41	$27,000	89.3%
38	Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley, PA	$71,160	$76,087	20	$31,000	93.6%
39	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	$70,947	$29,166	79	$26,000	67.7%
40	University of St Francis Joliet, IL	$70,055	$50,600	24	$27,000	63.9%
41	Cox College Springfield, MO	$69,738	$68,782	27	$22,281	71.4%
42	Valencia College Orlando, FL	$69,462	$68,564	55	$17,281	N/A
43	University of Hartford West Hartford, CT	$69,396	$73,906	59	$27,000	83.0%
44	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$68,871	$75,317	211	$24,250	87.7%
45	University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OH	$68,871	$75,317	157	$27,000	N/A
46	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	$68,809	$72,272	34	$29,532	94.1%
47	Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY	$68,773	$72,045	93	$25,663	N/A
48	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	$68,666	$60,232	173	$21,935	73.3%
49	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	$67,673	$78,175	557	$27,000	62.3%
50	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	$67,464	$69,021	90	$24,000	90.4%
51	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$67,306	$43,839	19	$17,256	10.4%
52	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	$66,675	$67,979	136	$21,700	76.5%
53	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	$66,675	$67,979	57	$22,062	N/A
54	La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA	$66,535	$62,596	26	$27,000	77.6%
55	Siena Heights University Adrian, MI	$66,403	$76,696	74	$25,000	66.6%
56	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	$65,940	$66,750	518	$23,199	93.1%
57	Boise State University Boise, ID	$65,680	$76,843	151	$22,559	84.0%
58	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	$65,668	$67,997	369	$24,250	80.2%
59	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	$65,513	$67,965	474	$23,250	89.5%
60	ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA	N/A	$65,479	21	$27,979	82.9%

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are median among graduates who received federal financial aid.

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Debt-to-Earnings Ratio

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