Top Graduate Schools with Social Psychology Programs: List of Schools

Students interested in social psychology, the study of how the real or imagined presence of other people can affect human thoughts and behavior, have a plethora of highly regarded graduate schools where they might earn master's or doctoral degrees in social psychology.

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Best Social Psychology Graduate Programs

1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor's social psychology graduate program was ranked first on U.S. News and World Report's 2009 list of top social psychology programs in the United States. Michigan's psychology department offers a Ph.D. in Social Psychology that concentrates on themes including aggression, emotion, the self and social identity, ethnic psychology, social behavior's evolution over time, cognitive bias, stereotypes, social cognition, and psychology and law. The psychology department provides interdisciplinary programs for social psychology students such as the culture and cognition, decision, women's studies and psychology, and evolution and human adaptation.

Contact Information

  • Address: Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  • Phone Number: (734) 764-1817

2. Ohio State University in Columbus

Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio tied for second, with Stanford University, on U.S. News and World Report's' 2009 list of top social psychology schools in America. Ohio State's social psychology program is known for its focus on the psychology of persuasion, attribution, identity, groups, social cognition, mindsets, automacity and non-conscious developments. Students enrolled in the Ph.D. in Social Psychology program are taught information analysis, teaching skills, research design, editorial reviewing, communication proficiency, and social behavior. After two years of seminars, lectures, and laboratory classes, graduate students can be admitted for Ph.D. candidacy. The rest of the third year is devoted to personal career aspirations such as specialized research.

Contact Information

  • Address: 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210
  • Phone Number: (614) 292-6446

List of Top Social Psychology Graduate Schools with a Master's Degree, by Student Enrollment

School Name Total Student Enrollment Address Phone Number
Ohio State University 53,715 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-6446
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 51,140 100 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-5000
University of Texas - Austin 49,984 Austin, TX 78712 (512) 471-7698
University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign 43,246 601 East John Street, Champaign, IL 61820-5711 (217) 244-7672
University of Wisconsin - Madison 41,620 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1380 (608) 262-1234
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 41,028 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (734) 764-1817
University of California - Los Angeles 38,200 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (310) 825-4321
University of California - Berkeley 35,396 Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 642-1405
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 28,567 103 South Building Cb 9100, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (919) 962-3236
Harvard University 26,696 Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-1000
University of Virginia 24,541 Charlottesville, VA 22904 (434) 924-0311
University of Pennsylvania 24,107 1 College Hall 34th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303 (215) 898-6183
Columbia University 23,196 116 Street and Broadway New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-1961
University of California - Santa Barbara 21,868 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (805) 893-8000
Cornell University 20,273 Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-2000
Stanford University 17,833 Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 723-2300
University of Chicago 14,788 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 702-7369
Carnegie Mellon University 10,875 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15123 (412) 268-2000
Yale University 10,192 New Haven, CT 06520 (203) 432-1333
Princeton University 7,330 Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 258-3000
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