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2023 Most Popular General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 141,695 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Psychology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for general psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in psychology at NYU, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Full General Psychology at New York University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Full General Psychology at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full General Psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Read full report on General Psychology at George Washington University

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University at Buffalo is a great place for general psychology students working on their graduate certificate. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

Full General Psychology at University at Buffalo Report

#3

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Loyola University Maryland helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best General Psychology Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 4,843
New York 10,965
Maryland 2,523
New Jersey 3,346
District of Columbia 437
Delaware 191

One of 3 majors within the area of study, general psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus.

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