Educational Psychology

A program that focuses on the application of psychology to the study of the behavior of individuals in the roles of teacher and learner, the nature and effects of learning environments, and the psychological effects of methods, resources, organization and non-school experience on the educational process. Includes instruction in learning theory, human growth and development, research methods, and psychological evaluation.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 94 institutions across the United States, with a total of 6353 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,541

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

404

degrees awarded

Other Awards

4,239

awards given

Top Schools for Educational Psychology

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	297
2	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	285
3	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	279
4	Ball State University Muncie, IN	258
5	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	255
6	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	246
7	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	234
8	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	216
9	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	213
10	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	192
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	183
12	University of North Texas Denton, TX	183
13	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	177
14	University of Georgia Athens, GA	159
15	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	156
16	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	150
17	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	141
18	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	123
19	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	111
20	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	99
21	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	93
22	Tufts University Medford, MA	93
23	Kean University Union, NJ	87
24	Alliant International University-San Diego San Diego, CA	75
25	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	69
26	University at Albany Albany, NY	69
27	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	69
28	Baylor University Waco, TX	66
29	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	66
30	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	63
31	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	63
32	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY	60
33	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	57
34	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	56
35	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	54
36	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	54
37	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	54
38	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	54
39	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	54
40	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO	51
41	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	51
42	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	48
43	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	45
44	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	42
45	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	42
46	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	42
47	Northcentral University San Diego, CA	42
48	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	39
49	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	39
50	The Chicago School at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	36
51	New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ	33
52	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	33
53	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	30
54	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	30
55	Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA	30
56	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	27
57	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	27
58	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	27
59	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	24
60	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	24
61	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	24
62	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	18
63	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	18
64	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	18
65	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	18
66	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	18
67	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	18
68	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	18
69	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	18
70	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	15
71	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	15
72	Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LA	15
73	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	15
74	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	12
75	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	12
76	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	12
77	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	12
78	University of Houston Houston, TX	12
79	La Sierra University Riverside, CA	12
80	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	12
81	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	9
82	Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA	9
83	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	6
84	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	6
85	East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS	6
86	Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY	6
87	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA	3
88	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	3
89	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	3
90	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	3
91	Texas A&M University-Central Texas Killeen, TX	3
92	Bethany College Bethany, WV	3
93	University of the Southwest Hobbs, NM	3
94	American International College Springfield, MA	3