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 graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of California-DavisDavis, California958$32,3011 year out$62,401$13,219 2University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan761$31,5681 year out$63,419$18,708 3University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California650$34,4311 year out$66,321$15,000 4Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio646—1 year out——5University of California-IrvineIrvine, California633$29,8301 year out$62,639$13,000 6University of California-RiversideRiverside, California597$25,6541 year out—$18,500 7University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois573$33,3841 year out—$20,050 8New York UniversityNew York, New York499$37,5121 year out—$21,499 9University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington496$34,7151 year out—$15,754 10Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey455—1 year out——11University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania448—1 year out——12University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah442$39,6611 year out—$21,314 13University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California412$27,7481 year out$78,384$16,737 14University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina405$29,3501 year out$48,055$24,250 15University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California390$34,4501 year out—$12,111 16University of California-MercedMerced, California365—1 year out——17University of OregonEugene, Oregon361—1 year out——18University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida358$30,8161 year out—$18,750 19The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee354—1 year out——20Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana344$31,1291 year out—$19,500 21Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana318$31,1721 year out$49,575$19,500 22American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia317—1 year out——23Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado250$39,9551 year out$45,360$26,641 24Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah240—1 year out——25University of DelawareNewark, Delaware226$31,5321 year out$61,576$24,786 26Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana194—1 year out——27University of RochesterRochester, New York173$39,7321 year out$67,923$21,000 28Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri169$37,3771 year out—$15,450 29Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York166$53,1561 year out$80,055$20,500 30University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin140—1 year out——31Park UniversityParkville, Missouri133$40,3131 year out$39,885$24,000 32Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina133$39,3591 year out—$12,125 33Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma133$32,4401 year out—$25,029 34University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia133$30,3891 year out$45,685$22,749 35University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona131$28,4941 year out—$21,325 36Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut131—1 year out——37University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota111$31,0271 year out$51,801$20,625 38Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas110$36,2571 year out—$20,035 39Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts109$37,4941 year out—$26,787 40University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California103$23,4201 year out$70,223$15,500 41Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida102$23,9811 year out$47,985$18,384 42Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia101$32,1491 year out$49,089$24,500 43Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts101$41,5011 year out$102,305—44Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts101$38,4631 year out$64,262$26,000 45Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland100$49,0351 year out—$14,507 46University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois99$31,9861 year out$84,957$17,500 47Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts97$56,5041 year out—$15,875 48The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas95$35,9821 year out$55,847$19,500 49Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania85—1 year out——50Barnard CollegeNew York, New York81$44,0551 year out—$17,000 51Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts80$43,7171 year out$62,558$19,000 52Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska74$26,8451 year out—$25,292 53University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania73$44,5421 year out—$18,125 54Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut72$47,8741 year out——55University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado71$35,1551 year out$55,965$21,878 56Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts69$32,4391 year out—$24,250 57St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota69$35,0701 year out—$25,000 58Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts68$36,2831 year out—$12,500 59Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky67$23,6741 year out$41,388$20,500 60Pace UniversityNew York, New York67—1 year out——61Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts66$45,7861 year out—$10,800 62University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri65$34,8221 year out—$20,810 63Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island65$39,4931 year out—$15,110 64Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York62$41,8831 year out—$16,000 65George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia60$37,9061 year out—$25,220 66Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois60—1 year out—$26,839 67University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama59$20,1821 year out—$21,750 68Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri58$35,5561 year out$49,298$25,540 69Stanford UniversityStanford, California57—1 year out——70Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana55$32,0311 year out—$20,487 71Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California54—1 year out——72Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania53$41,5991 year out—$27,000 73Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington53—1 year out——74Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut52—1 year out——75Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire51$42,9471 year out—$18,194 76Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina51—1 year out——77Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania51$33,3301 year out$41,660—78Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine50$47,3761 year out—$13,750 79Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey50$47,0501 year out——80Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania48—1 year out——81Union CollegeSchenectady, New York45$30,0611 year out—$25,062 82Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York45$34,3611 year out—$19,000 83Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio45$36,9091 year out—$25,645 84University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska44—1 year out——85Canisius UniversityBuffalo, New York44$29,3331 year out$54,352$25,250 86Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky42—1 year out——87Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio42—1 year out——88Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota41$38,0271 year out—$26,000 89Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania41$34,3751 year out$42,393$27,000 90Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont41—1 year out——91University of KansasLawrence, Kansas39—1 year out——92Scripps CollegeClaremont, California38—1 year out——93Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut38—1 year out——94Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia37—1 year out——95St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, New York37—1 year out——96The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio36—1 year out——97Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington36$33,4551 year out$52,837$19,938 98Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California35—1 year out——99Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois35—1 year out$84,007—100Utica UniversityUtica, New York35$31,6951 year out$43,934$26,000

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 (—).