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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5 |
Yale University
United States |
88.8 | 90.1 | 84.1 | 92.5 |
| #29 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
78.0 | 72.8 | 72.2 | 99.5 |
| #50 | 72.6 | 67.5 | 69.2 | 90.6 | |
| #43 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
74.1 | 70.2 | 76.3 | 80.3 |
| #49 |
University of Washington
United States |
73.3 | 67.3 | 69.3 | 94.5 |
| #13 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.7 | 86.5 | 77.8 | 85.7 |
| #36 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
76.5 | 72.2 | 72.8 | 92.6 |
| #23 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
80.8 | 77.2 | 86.4 | 81.3 |
| #25 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
79.1 | 74.1 | 87.5 | 78.8 |
| #14 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
83.5 | 82.2 | 79.5 | 92.9 |
| #4 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
91.0 | 90.2 | 92.8 | 90.2 |
| #39 |
University of Otago
New Zealand |
75.3 | 70.4 | 77.8 | 83.9 |
| #28 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
78.1 | 67.8 | 90.9 | 84.4 |
| #44 |
University of Minnesota
United States |
73.8 | 71.4 | 63.1 | 95.6 |
| #8 |
University of Michigan
United States |
86.0 | 88.8 | 77.6 | 91.7 |
| #15 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
83.4 | 80.6 | 89.0 | 81.9 |
| #47 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
73.5 | 65.1 | 78.7 | 86.5 |
| #35 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
76.7 | 74.0 | 68.6 | 95.4 |
| #22 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
80.9 | 80.5 | 87.8 | 71.4 |
| #26 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.7 | 77.7 | 76.3 | 85.0 |
| #10 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.3 | 82.8 | 84.3 | 92.9 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
93.2 | 94.2 | 91.1 | 93.7 |
| #31 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
77.5 | 78.9 | 68.1 | 88.2 |
| #7 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
87.4 | 88.0 | 82.5 | 93.4 |
| #48 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
73.4 | 65.3 | 69.1 | 100.0 |













