Best Psychology Programs

by Lori Nelson

Searching for the Best Psychology Programs?

The world of psychology is very interesting. If you are interested in helping others with their emotional or mental problems and conducting research that help better understand the human mind and behavior, you will want to study psychology. But you can’t just study in any school that offers this program. Why not study in one of the best psychology programs in the nation today?

The best psychology programs are offered by Stanford University, University of California – Berkeley, Harvard University, University of California – Los Angeles, Yale University, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Princeton University, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin – Madison, University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. These schools ranked among the top 11 when it comes to the best psychology programs in the nation.

Now who came up with this list? This list of the best psychology programs in the nation was compiled by the US News & World Report. This is a news magazine that is popular for its ranking of colleges and universities according to programs, education level, and location. US News & World Report also has lists of the best colleges and universities all over the world.

The news magazine came up with this list of the best psychology programs following a unique method. Psychology, being part of the social science programs, were ranked based on peer assessment. How does peer assessment work? Surveys were conducted with department heads and directors of graduate studies as subjects. They were asked to rate the quality of the psychology programs of various schools from outstanding to marginal. The best psychology schools then received scores between 4.3 and 4.7.Stanford University and University of California – Berkeley both received a score of 4.7.