Highest Job Growth Doctoral Psychology Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral psychology programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Minnesota-Twin Cities leading at 9%.

Rank Institution State Growth Completers
1 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN 9% 33
2 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA 9% 32
3 Ohio State University-Main Campus OH 9% 28
4 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 9% 27
5 University of Nevada-Reno NV 9% 23
6 University of California-San Diego CA 9% 22
7 University of California-Riverside CA 9% 19
8 University of California-Berkeley CA 9% 17
9 Indiana University-Bloomington IN 9% 17
10 Duke University NC 9% 17
11 University of Oregon OR 9% 17
12 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN 9% 17
13 CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY 9% 16
14 New York University NY 9% 16
15 Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 9% 15
16 University of California-Irvine CA 9% 15
17 University of Connecticut CT 9% 15
18 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL 9% 15
19 Drexel University PA 9% 15
20 University of Arizona AZ 9% 14
21 Walden University MN 9% 14
22 Yale University CT 9% 14
23 University of Notre Dame IN 9% 14
24 University of Kansas KS 9% 14
25 University of Missouri-Columbia MO 9% 14
26 University of California-Santa Barbara CA 9% 13
27 Pace University NY 9% 13
28 California Institute of Integral Studies CA 9% 12
29 University of Southern California CA 9% 12
30 Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 9% 12
31 Fordham University NY 9% 12
32 Temple University PA 9% 12
33 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA 9% 11
34 University of Georgia GA 9% 11
35 Stanford University CA 9% 11
36 University of Chicago IL 9% 10
37 Harvard University MA 9% 10
38 University of Massachusetts-Boston MA 9% 10
39 Washington University in St Louis MO 9% 10
40 University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 9% 10
41 Tulane University of Louisiana LA 9% 9
42 Montclair State University NJ 9% 9
43 The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 9% 9
44 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 9% 9
45 George Washington University DC 9% 8
46 Lehigh University PA 9% 8
47 University of Pennsylvania PA 9% 8
48 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA 9% 8
49 University of Houston TX 9% 8
50 Texas A&M University-College Station TX 9% 8

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.