World's Best Universities
Psychology
Psychology students learn about the intricacies of the human experience and can go on to work in health facilities, schools, and the government. These are the world's top universities for psychology. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #48 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
73.4 | 65.3 | 69.1 | 100.0 |
| #29 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
78.0 | 72.8 | 72.2 | 99.5 |
| #15 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
83.4 | 83.3 | 75.5 | 95.7 |
| #44 |
University of Minnesota
United States |
73.8 | 71.4 | 63.1 | 95.6 |
| #35 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
76.7 | 74.0 | 68.6 | 95.4 |
| #1 |
Harvard University
United States |
97.9 | 100.0 | 96.3 | 95.1 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
92.0 | 93.2 | 87.8 | 95.1 |
| #49 |
University of Washington
United States |
73.3 | 67.3 | 69.3 | 94.5 |
| #9 |
Princeton University
United States |
85.4 | 84.1 | 81.7 | 94.3 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
93.2 | 94.2 | 91.1 | 93.7 |
| #39 |
Cornell University
United States |
75.3 | 65.4 | 79.6 | 93.4 |
| #33 |
Northwestern University
United States |
76.9 | 70.2 | 77.1 | 93.4 |
| #7 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
87.4 | 88.0 | 82.5 | 93.4 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
84.4 | 81.8 | 82.9 | 93.0 |
| #10 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.3 | 82.8 | 84.3 | 92.9 |
| #14 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
83.5 | 82.2 | 79.5 | 92.9 |
| #36 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
76.5 | 72.2 | 72.8 | 92.6 |
| #5 |
Yale University
United States |
88.8 | 90.1 | 84.1 | 92.5 |
| #27 |
Duke University
United States |
78.5 | 73.8 | 77.1 | 92.3 |
| #8 |
University of Michigan
United States |
86.0 | 88.8 | 77.6 | 91.7 |
| #34 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
76.8 | 72.6 | 74.3 | 91.1 |
| #50 | 72.6 | 67.5 | 69.2 | 90.6 | |
| #4 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
91.0 | 90.2 | 92.8 | 90.2 |
| #20 | 81.4 | 81.9 | 75.4 | 89.1 | |
| #12 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
84.1 | 84.0 | 81.0 | 88.8 |
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