Research and Experimental Psychology

18,535 students earn a research and experimental psychology credential each year across 203 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $34,454
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $51,495

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 198 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts97$56,5041 year out—$15,875 2Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York166$53,1561 year out$80,055$20,500 3Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland100$49,0351 year out—$14,507 4Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut72$47,8741 year out——5Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine50$47,3761 year out—$13,750 6Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey50$47,0501 year out——7Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts66$45,7861 year out—$10,800 8University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania73$44,5421 year out—$18,125 9Barnard CollegeNew York, New York81$44,0551 year out—$17,000 10Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts80$43,7171 year out$62,558$19,000 11Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire51$42,9471 year out—$18,194 12Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York62$41,8831 year out—$16,000 13Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania53$41,5991 year out—$27,000 14Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts101$41,5011 year out$102,305—15Trinity Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia—$40,4321 year out$59,760$41,386 16Park UniversityParkville, Missouri133$40,3131 year out$39,885$24,000 17Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado250$39,9551 year out$45,360$26,641 18Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York30$39,8801 year out—$17,450 19University of RochesterRochester, New York173$39,7321 year out$67,923$21,000 20University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah442$39,6611 year out—$21,314 21Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island65$39,4931 year out—$15,110 22Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina133$39,3591 year out—$12,125 23Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota29$39,2381 year out—$16,700 24Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania21$39,2181 year out—$26,250 25Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts101$38,4631 year out$64,262$26,000 26Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts16$38,4631 year out$64,262$26,000 27Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota41$38,0271 year out—$26,000 28George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia60$37,9061 year out—$25,220 29New York UniversityNew York, New York499$37,5121 year out—$21,499 30Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts109$37,4941 year out—$26,787 31Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri169$37,3771 year out—$15,450 32Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio45$36,9091 year out—$25,645 33Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts19$36,6031 year out—$27,000 34Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota15$36,6001 year out—$28,375 35Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts68$36,2831 year out—$12,500 36Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas110$36,2571 year out—$20,035 37The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas95$35,9821 year out$55,847$19,500 38Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri58$35,5561 year out$49,298$25,540 39University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado71$35,1551 year out$55,965$21,878 40Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah16$35,1271 year out—$24,500 41St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota69$35,0701 year out—$25,000 42University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri65$34,8221 year out—$20,810 43University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington496$34,7151 year out—$15,754 44Mount St. Mary's UniversityEmmitsburg, Maryland30$34,4541 year out$49,357$21,500 45University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California390$34,4501 year out—$12,111 46University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California650$34,4311 year out$66,321$15,000 47Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania41$34,3751 year out$42,393$27,000 48Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania0$34,3751 year out$42,393$27,000 49Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania—$34,3751 year out$42,393$27,000 50Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York45$34,3611 year out—$19,000 51Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington36$33,4551 year out$52,837$19,938 52University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois573$33,3841 year out—$20,050 53Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania51$33,3301 year out$41,660—54Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado—$33,1341 year out$44,318$18,500 55Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma133$32,4401 year out—$25,029 56Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts69$32,4391 year out—$24,250 57University of California-DavisDavis, California958$32,3011 year out$62,401$13,219 58Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia101$32,1491 year out$49,089$24,500 59Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana55$32,0311 year out—$20,487 60University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois99$31,9861 year out$84,957$17,500 61Utica UniversityUtica, New York35$31,6951 year out$43,934$26,000 62Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg, Florida13$31,5961 year out$44,075$22,980 63University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan761$31,5681 year out$63,419$18,708 64University of DelawareNewark, Delaware226$31,5321 year out$61,576$24,786 65Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana318$31,1721 year out$49,575$19,500 66Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana344$31,1291 year out—$19,500 67University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota111$31,0271 year out$51,801$20,625 68University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida358$30,8161 year out—$18,750 69University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia133$30,3891 year out$45,685$22,749 70Union CollegeSchenectady, New York45$30,0611 year out—$25,062 71University of California-IrvineIrvine, California633$29,8301 year out$62,639$13,000 72University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina405$29,3501 year out$48,055$24,250 73Canisius UniversityBuffalo, New York44$29,3331 year out$54,352$25,250 74Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri—$28,8011 year out—$19,748 75Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa24$28,5071 year out—$17,702 76University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona131$28,4941 year out—$21,325 77Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey14$27,9331 year out—$25,358 78Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia15$27,7631 year out$39,215$33,450 79University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California412$27,7481 year out$78,384$16,737 80Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska74$26,8451 year out—$25,292 81California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California—$26,6971 year out$57,240$16,750 82University of California-RiversideRiverside, California597$25,6541 year out—$18,500 83Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida102$23,9811 year out$47,985$18,384 84Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan28$23,9061 year out—$27,000 85Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts27$23,8981 year out—$29,401 86Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky67$23,6741 year out$41,388$20,500 87University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California103$23,4201 year out$70,223$15,500 88University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama59$20,1821 year out—$21,750 89Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio646—1 year out——90Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey455—1 year out——91University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania448—1 year out——92University of California-MercedMerced, California365—1 year out——93University of OregonEugene, Oregon361—1 year out——94The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee354—1 year out——95American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia317—1 year out——96Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah240—1 year out——97Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana194—1 year out——98University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin140—1 year out——99Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut131—1 year out——100Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania85—1 year out——

Associate programs — 2 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri35—1 year out——2Park UniversityParkville, Missouri16—1 year out—$21,320

Certificate programs — 6 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan40—1 year out——2Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas17—1 year out——3Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan12—1 year out——4Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri9—1 year out——5Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana8—1 year out——6University of KansasLawrence, Kansas6—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).