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Psychology

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Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Adelphi U. Clinical Psychology	208	224	201	223	209	228	65	137	94	192
American U. Psychology	206	224	197	224	184	219	71	138	173	228
Arizona State U. Psychology	28	68	22	66	110	184	32	75	23	69
Auburn U. Clinical Psychology	117	160	156	206	47	160	113	185	82	171
Auburn U. Human Development & Family Studies	54	107	44	91	16	144	27	74	53	127
Auburn U. Industrial & Organizational Psychology	185	220	199	230	41	156	215	232	199	234
Auburn U. Experimental Psychology	142	203	151	210	28	181	87	165	138	223
Baylor U. Psychology	81	141	124	183	2	79	63	145	95	191
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Cognitive Psychology	56	121	57	110	13	147	220	233	79	153
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Behavioral Neuroscience	22	73	14	66	24	144	40	87	36	107
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Clinical Psychology	97	150	119	181	10	81	122	197	109	186
Boston College Psychology	59	113	41	86	36	150	125	206	41	106
Boston U. Psychology	43	79	40	81	123	191	60	134	36	76
Bowling Green State U. Psychology	118	166	138	198	16	77	134	198	87	150
Brandeis U. Psychology	50	106	68	138	5	79	81	164	56	127
Brigham Young U. Clinical Psychology	211	227	155	190	219	235	227	233	175	225
Brigham Young U. Psychology	215	230	148	192	175	221	234	236	158	236
Brown U. Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences: Cognitive Sciences	5	29	5	27	27	155	173	211	4	22
Brown U. Psychology	39	91	35	92	130	191	72	134	22	98
Bryn Mawr College Clinical Developmental Psychology	171	212	139	202	144	198	49	117	130	195
Carnegie Mellon U. Tepper School of Business-Organizational Behavior & Theory	109	161	92	156	20	110	171	217	56	185
Carnegie Mellon U. Psychology	7	30	11	40	22	118	159	206	10	61
Case Western Reserve U. Psychology	70	132	45	88	124	198	16	44	58	120
Catholic U. of America Psychology	167	208	151	207	154	189	51	114	102	197
City U. of New York Graduate Center Biopsychology	73	130	66	121	55	153	24	63	65	142
City U. of New York Graduate Center Clinical Psychology	214	228	202	221	220	235	9	27	133	218
City U. of New York Graduate Center Cognition, Brain, and Behavior	149	197	99	150	181	210	30	82	139	209
City U. of New York Graduate Center Cognitive Neuroscience	77	148	40	92	175	219	98	165	55	169
City U. of New York Graduate Center Developmental Psychology	223	231	181	216	225	235	20	54	163	227
City U. of New York Graduate Center Environmental Psychology	140	204	77	149	204	220	24	61	102	187
City U. of New York Graduate Center Industrial and Organizational Psychology	210	226	152	195	220	235	89	173	170	216
City U. of New York Graduate Center Learning Processes and Behavior Analysis	231	235	223	231	221	235	89	157	225	236
City U. of New York Graduate Center Neuropsychology	81	145	43	83	201	228	101	180	60	130
City U. of New York Graduate Center Social Personality Psychology	167	214	96	163	218	233	3	11	159	229
Claremont Graduate U. Psychology	161	209	112	176	222	234	17	43	99	203
Clark U. Psychology	111	161	122	179	68	172	9	26	74	150
Clemson U. I/O Psychology	122	183	132	198	38	177	122	200	127	195
Colorado State U. Psychology	157	198	192	223	108	181	63	136	118	173
Columbia U. Psychology	6	26	10	36	42	144	131	193	4	18
Cornell U. Psychology	68	105	79	107	23	104	146	199	61	133
Dartmouth College Psychological Brain Sciences	11	46	26	77	1	33	216	228	22	71
Drexel U. Clinical Psychology	73	117	102	164	18	74	63	145	55	120
Drexel U. JD/Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology	147	198	105	160	173	209	32	98	124	224
Duke U. Psychology	14	45	13	40	28	119	44	106	16	51
Duquesne U. Psychology	231	235	231	236	198	225	196	218	217	235
Emory U. Psychology	51	90	47	90	33	124	82	159	41	79
Florida Atlantic U. Psychology	143	198	117	174	38	158	170	211	117	204
Florida Institute of Technology Industrial/ Organizational Psychology	191	232	231	236	1	198	220	233	200	234
Florida Inter- national U. Psychology	142	185	112	156	67	156	37	96	130	228
Florida State U. Psychology	10	47	8	40	64	154	78	148	19	77
Fordham U. Applied Developmental Psychology	108	172	112	193	36	151	6	19	128	202
Fordham U. Clinical Psychology	163	208	154	211	168	209	29	85	143	227
Fordham U. Psychometrics	166	215	143	215	192	217	116	184	157	222
George Washing- ton U. Psychology	115	166	112	175	109	186	19	49	94	153
Georgia Institute of Technology Psychology	60	101	44	81	48	141	190	216	70	126
Georgia State U. Psychology	71	120	69	113	123	196	12	35	71	141
Harvard U. Psychology	1	3	1	4	16	100	190	217	1	4
Howard U. Psychology	163	213	166	225	214	226	1	1	131	235
Illinois Institute of Technology Psychology	213	230	151	207	231	236	104	183	152	220
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Cognitive Science	60	101	54	91	177	206	210	222	21	102
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Psychology	17	53	14	48	28	155	222	232	20	66
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Speech & Hearing Sciences	124	183	148	208	23	153	36	84	111	200
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology	88	153	121	198	9	116	42	98	70	186
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Psychobiology of Addiction	76	144	96	167	9	148	168	215	81	190
Iowa State U. Psychology	66	118	71	116	14	89	179	216	69	132
Johns Hopkins U. Psychological and Brain Sciences	7	32	9	37	27	131	182	216	16	49
Kansas State U. Psychology	186	215	181	219	43	154	223	233	167	213
Kent State U. Main Campus Clinical Psychology	64	115	86	160	3	29	116	181	52	131
Kent State U. Main Campus Experimental Psychology	103	164	109	175	5	83	150	208	72	186
Lehigh U. Psychology	142	193	113	171	136	205	86	164	128	205
Loma Linda U. Marital and Family Therapy	223	233	208	231	208	224	3	9	214	236
Loma Linda U. Psychology	165	218	98	182	222	235	17	46	118	201
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Psychology	125	169	129	182	122	185	131	198	114	187
Loyola U. Chicago Clinical Psychology	106	149	174	215	25	103	12	32	81	164
Loyola U. Chicago Developmental Psychology	138	195	190	225	9	116	9	31	133	218
Loyola U. Chicago Social Psychology	121	181	130	201	129	205	90	165	99	190
Marquette U. Clinical Psychology	214	228	207	225	154	207	81	160	207	234
Marquette U. Counseling Psychology	219	232	176	225	218	235	48	102	201	231
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Cognitive Science	9	46	14	56	19	137	185	217	15	56
Miami U. (Ohio) Psychology	126	170	143	194	73	163	130	193	110	193
Michigan State U. Psychology	27	63	44	86	19	80	18	49	20	64
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Psychology	114	183	63	129	117	193	196	221	126	195
New York U. Developmental Psychology	80	158	54	107	197	234	8	23	78	182
New York U. Psychology	16	53	15	51	56	145	86	156	15	54
North Carolina State U. Psychology	196	220	185	223	208	225	45	110	160	231
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Psychology	66	125	93	164	2	25	219	233	74	166
North- eastern U. Psychology	70	122	91	143	2	36	180	218	80	153
Northern Illinois U. Psychology	147	198	123	181	129	191	103	180	123	193
North- western U. Psychology	33	65	38	76	16	89	208	227	18	66
Ohio State U. Main Campus Psychology	26	58	29	63	45	132	102	170	11	85
Ohio U. Main Campus Psychology	141	194	107	170	111	177	138	193	102	180
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Psychology	145	191	168	212	12	78	12	39	162	222
Old Dominion U. Industrial/ Organizational Psychology	152	211	105	197	188	213	142	205	146	216
Pennsyl- vania State U. Human Development and Family Studies	16	56	29	78	15	91	30	72	14	63
Pennsyl- vania State U. Psychology	44	77	77	126	20	99	57	122	34	83
Princeton U. Psychology	1	2	1	5	1	9	129	186	1	3
Purdue U. Main Campus Psychological Sciences	88	133	101	148	55	143	110	178	74	130
Rice U. Psychology	105	145	155	194	55	144	23	65	113	180
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Psychology	55	98	50	89	134	198	92	165	36	82
Rutgers U. at Newark Psychology	146	198	169	207	29	163	104	181	142	221
San Diego State U. and U. of California at San Diego Clinical Psychology	5	23	2	11	65	182	20	55	7	38
Seton Hall U. Psychology	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Psychology	175	206	167	201	58	141	47	108	127	192
Southern Methodist U. Psychology	197	224	190	226	68	200	165	220	159	221
Stanford U. Psychology	2	4	3	11	3	27	37	80	1	4
State U. of New York at Albany Biopsychology	53	115	12	56	181	213	79	159	67	143
State U. of New York at Albany Clinical Psychology	46	96	36	89	19	100	28	68	65	123
State U. of New York at Albany Cognitive/ Developmental Psychology	74	160	63	142	55	192	30	71	68	158
State U. of New York at Albany Industrial/ Organizational Psychology	177	221	208	233	71	196	68	144	165	229
State U. of New York at Albany Social/ Personality Psychology	46	136	23	102	120	182	14	38	19	116
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Psychology	31	64	43	79	18	92	44	101	22	56
Syracuse U. Main Campus Clinical Psychology	9	40	6	27	35	180	91	166	16	58
Syracuse U. Main Campus Cognitive Psychology	15	65	13	66	5	137	170	217	14	67
Syracuse U. Main Campus Social Psychology	51	102	58	105	148	211	2	2	104	232
Temple U. Psychology	34	69	30	73	31	115	94	168	24	62
Texas A&M U. Psychology	85	134	93	143	67	150	35	82	86	200
Texas Christian U. Psychology	139	181	156	190	4	55	91	167	122	195
Texas Tech U. Psychology	161	198	171	208	65	166	47	108	153	232
Tufts U. Child Development	119	178	119	195	78	185	3	6	102	189
Tufts U. Psychology	42	77	32	79	143	197	97	172	47	88
Tulane U. Psychology	128	181	176	214	14	120	13	38	139	203
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Psychology	77	133	64	106	102	179	139	196	78	137
U. of Akron Counseling Psychology	124	188	128	200	23	136	45	107	91	198
U. of Akron Psychology (Industrial/ Organization)	153	206	214	228	4	120	205	223	166	222
U. of Alabama Psychology	67	121	70	122	22	126	39	89	64	130
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Psychology	46	93	40	92	74	165	48	106	38	103
U. of Arizona Psychology	23	58	20	60	56	153	83	150	17	59
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Psychology	187	219	174	222	16	74	211	228	190	228
U. of California at Berkeley Psychology	24	54	37	71	76	161	137	195	16	62
U. of California at Davis Psychology	21	57	21	63	84	174	126	188	24	67
U. of California at Irvine Psychology	55	93	72	109	24	123	131	194	52	99
U. of California at Los Angeles Psychology	6	26	13	40	37	127	67	135	5	16
U. of California at Riverside Psychology	47	83	66	96	4	46	60	122	42	80
U. of California at San Diego Cognitive Science	37	80	42	94	126	200	122	180	31	92
U. of California at San Diego Psychology	19	56	16	53	49	178	196	221	23	76
U. of California at Santa Barbara Psychology	15	47	16	52	23	109	162	211	22	73
U. of California at Santa Cruz Psychology	130	176	146	199	93	177	17	47	124	211
U. of Central Florida Psychology	157	199	133	195	182	213	45	103	150	215
U. of Chicago Human Development	82	136	79	132	164	210	24	60	75	146
U. of Chicago Psychology	8	38	10	37	65	175	44	104	7	28
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Psychology	98	145	111	161	26	119	37	88	88	152
U. of Colorado at Boulder Cognitive Science	74	140	75	150	1	6	234	236	68	189
U. of Colorado at Boulder Psychology	6	27	4	19	39	123	157	205	8	35
U. of Connec- ticut Psychology Ph.D.	66	110	37	79	197	217	110	176	33	84
U. of Delaware Psychology	63	110	71	111	88	184	121	185	71	131
U. of Florida Clinical Psychology	21	62	24	74	18	85	59	131	18	67
U. of Florida Psychology	108	164	69	115	206	221	95	168	58	126
U. of Georgia Psychology	95	141	94	148	165	206	54	123	69	130
U. of Georgia Child & Family Development	162	209	160	215	32	133	4	11	144	214
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Psychology	156	204	117	177	80	165	179	217	128	201
U. of Houston main campus Clinical Psychology	91	142	91	139	50	183	123	189	58	145
U. of Houston main campus Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	45	93	18	60	184	220	5	20	81	207
U. of Houston main campus Industrial Organizational Psychology	199	228	225	235	132	218	76	147	189	233
U. of Houston main campus Social Psychology	162	217	184	231	40	173	18	50	154	221
U. of Illinois at Chicago Psychology	86	143	86	139	91	182	32	76	75	133
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Psychology	21	50	41	77	113	188	62	119	15	61
U. of Iowa Psychology	13	47	9	38	38	134	147	204	18	69
U. of Kansas Behavioral Psychology	162	208	141	208	192	213	92	175	132	200
U. of Kansas Clinical Child Psychology	51	108	74	142	22	147	28	68	45	149
U. of Kansas Psychology	90	144	93	141	50	136	137	196	73	129
U. of Kentucky Psychology - Clinical	59	97	98	150	8	83	54	113	58	125
U. of Kentucky Psychology - Experimental	57	100	65	100	7	71	113	179	69	132
U. of Louisville Clinical Psychology	112	170	103	161	124	199	91	157	119	182
U. of Louisville Experimental Psychology	53	109	56	112	54	174	102	172	48	113
U. of Maryland at College Park Human Development	68	109	78	122	55	145	17	49	66	116
U. of Maryland at College Park Psychology	83	124	104	157	59	155	43	99	72	162
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Applied Developmental Psychology	103	169	115	201	157	209	8	26	92	195
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Human Services Psychology	97	155	105	168	39	142	37	87	96	199
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Psychology	82	124	113	159	14	84	57	121	70	118
U. of Memphis Psychology	116	175	106	177	71	183	164	210	91	158
U. of Miami Psychology	22	63	26	78	82	163	14	38	24	72
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Psychology	5	19	17	47	11	78	9	24	4	11
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Child Psychology	22	61	23	67	10	60	76	151	19	61
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Psychology	15	45	14	43	51	145	214	226	13	49
U. of Mississippi Psychology	217	229	225	230	156	202	90	171	189	225
U. of Missouri at Columbia Educational, School & Counseling Psychology	72	113	99	141	12	78	9	28	56	123
U. of Missouri at Columbia Psychology	41	77	29	64	66	170	85	159	44	90
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Psychology	154	208	160	216	12	177	69	162	146	218
U. of Missouri at Saint Louis Psychology: Clinical	113	163	142	204	8	64	45	108	128	207
U. of Missouri at Saint Louis Psychology: Industrial Organizational	222	233	227	236	92	183	222	233	218	236
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Psychology	68	116	85	138	17	80	74	143	63	150
U. of Nevada at Reno Psychology	148	200	116	184	127	193	110	179	126	219
U. of Nevada at Reno Social Psychology	196	222	194	226	147	209	114	191	174	229
U. of New Hampshire Psychology	165	206	210	223	51	169	169	209	161	213
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Psychology	72	126	85	137	46	160	102	172	68	136
U. of New Orleans Psychology	77	143	62	117	17	109	91	179	88	166
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Psychology	31	65	37	77	156	202	72	139	33	72
U. of North Dakota Main Campus Counseling Psychology	210	231	228	236	15	95	76	163	155	234
U. of North Dakota Main Campus General/ Experimental Psychology	148	212	137	206	3	20	152	212	163	230
U. of North Texas Clinical Psychology	230	236	214	234	223	236	36	84	197	233
U. of North Texas Counseling Psychology	235	236	230	236	222	236	88	165	227	236
U. of North Texas Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine	229	235	201	229	223	233	86	170	202	230
U. of Notre Dame Psychology	102	152	153	199	18	97	46	102	107	171
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Psychology	117	171	138	202	68	176	156	207	102	190
U. of Oregon Psychology	25	52	24	52	69	151	160	205	14	37
U. of Pennsyl- vania Psychology	13	47	9	34	70	167	220	233	9	38
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Psychology	8	36	4	19	118	187	108	181	11	44
U. of Rhode Island Psychology	164	207	111	181	207	225	32	84	117	200
U. of Rochester Brain & Cognitive Sciences	4	19	3	18	16	88	217	228	4	15
U. of Rochester Clinical Psychology	6	39	6	31	23	149	68	147	9	41
U. of Rochester Social-Personality Psychology	6	35	2	12	31	189	234	236	11	51
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Psychology	84	138	80	131	134	198	67	141	61	189
U. of South Florida Psychology	68	111	57	97	109	178	87	160	48	134
U. of Southern California Psychology	26	63	19	61	74	164	83	148	25	72
U. of Southern Mississippi Psychology	189	217	184	221	68	172	138	201	117	192
U. of Tennessee Industrial and Organizational Psychology	161	210	166	221	61	165	222	233	141	220
U. of Tennessee Psychology	119	155	181	207	38	128	148	203	103	188
U. of Texas at Austin Communication Sciences and Disorders	151	199	196	226	84	179	5	13	101	207
U. of Texas at Austin Human Development & Family Sciences	62	111	83	149	3	38	44	116	67	146
U. of Texas at Austin Psychology	26	66	27	74	26	112	167	211	20	61
U. of Texas at Dallas Psychological Sciences	140	190	99	164	100	178	121	193	122	222
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Clinical Psychology	83	145	45	94	185	210	45	108	47	118
U. of Toledo Psychology	121	166	175	211	6	43	72	143	127	192
U. of Utah Psychology	137	183	103	152	98	188	113	186	119	181
U. of Vermont Psychology	102	149	92	136	75	178	132	199	79	153
U. of Virginia Psychology	18	55	22	67	58	145	94	165	14	62
U. of Washing- ton Psychology	39	80	46	92	59	153	64	133	28	74
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Communicative Disorders	11	47	15	57	126	206	39	108	3	37
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Psychology	3	7	1	7	90	179	106	178	4	14
U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Psychology	165	208	165	215	38	146	169	210	161	224
U. of Wyoming Psychology	185	215	160	210	163	204	182	221	170	221
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences Medical and Clinical Psychology	101	156	110	172	28	100	9	30	128	210
Utah State U. Disability Disciplines	116	175	162	224	2	16	164	213	135	208
Utah State U. Psychology (EHS)	148	207	83	154	204	224	33	80	95	203
Vanderbilt U. Psychological Sciences	20	53	19	52	97	183	75	150	14	45
Virginia Common- wealth U. Clinical Psychology	88	143	90	146	23	94	26	65	78	140
Virginia Common- wealth U. Counseling Psychology	102	156	114	181	29	129	3	8	86	188
Virginia Common- wealth U. Psychology	106	166	101	172	71	150	68	128	105	169
Virginia Tech Psychology	83	132	98	152	92	163	126	188	82	160
Washing- ton State U. Psychology: Clinical Emphasis	172	211	181	218	52	173	36	87	173	221
Washing- ton State U. Psychology: Experimental Emphasis	167	206	138	186	103	174	169	208	177	220
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Psychology	14	47	15	49	27	120	163	208	16	47
Wayne State U. Psychology	138	183	124	175	190	217	75	154	91	176
Western Michigan U. Psychology: Behavioral Analysis	161	209	133	201	29	130	197	220	185	232
Western Michigan U. Psychology: Clinical Psychology	179	217	195	228	82	191	122	188	156	216
Wright State U. Main Campus Human Factors and Industrial/ Organizational Psychology	204	228	127	205	194	224	181	213	200	233
Yale U. Psychology	4	12	6	20	14	78	51	113	4	11
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