236 PhD programmes in Psychology in United States

The Psychology program at Northwestern University prepares students to be future leaders in scientific psychology through programs in five areas: clinical psychology; personality, development & health psychology; cognitive psychology; social psychology; and brain, behavior, & cognition.

The Department of Psychology at University of Florida offers the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Counseling Psychology. Students typically complete Masters of Science degree in Psychology prior to the Doctorate in Counseling Psychology.

Do you want to study the origins and development of the human mind and brain? If so, then this Developmental Science program at Emory University is for you.

The Program in Cognition and Perception at New York University spans multiple subareas of psychology, such as perception, attention, memory, categorization, language, emotion, decision-making, development, motor control, and cognitive neuroscience. 

Graduate Students in the Cognitive and Computational Sciences (CCS) concentration at Emory University seek to understand the processes that underlie human perception, learning, memory, emotion, conceptual representation, and language.

The Psychology program from University of Wisconsin Madison offers six areas of concentration (known as area groups): biological, clinical, cognitive and cognitive neuroscience, developmental, perception, and social and personality.

The Psychology Department at West Virginia University offers doctoral training in Psychology - Behavior Analysis. 

At The University of Alabama, we offer our graduate students a PhD degree in Psychology. The student's PhD Plan of Study must be approved by the department and the Graduate School. 

Graduate Students in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (BSN) at Emory University seek to better understand neural systems and behavior through the study of evolution, development, and the proximate causes of behavior in genes, hormones, memory, and cognition.

Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, as a scientific discipline aims to describe, understand, and predict the behavior of living organisms.

The Cognitive Psychology PhD program at University at Buffalo offers an exceptional, research-intensive training environment for students interested in understanding how the mind works.

This Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track at the Johns Hopkins University prepares the student to diagnose and manage acute and chronic mental health problems across the lifespan (including pediatric through geriatric populations). 

Brown University's graduate program in Psychology is designed to prepare students for careers as scientists and teachers who will make contributions to society in academic and applied settings.

The doctoral program in Behavioral Neuroscience offered by the Department of Psychology at Binghamton University is highly individualized, competitive and research-intensive.

Fielding Graduate University’s doctoral program in Psychology has a unique learning model that employs the best distance learning opportunities methods.

The PhD in Psychology program at Texas A&M University trains students in experimental approaches to psychology. Students also benefit from cross-area research clusters.

The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami offers a PhD in Psychological Sciences with different major areas of study.

This world-renowned program was developed in response to the increasing demand for scientists and practitioners of evidence-based methods for the education and treatment of individuals with autism and related disabilities. The PhD program in Behavior Analysis at Western New England University will give you the skills to fill this void and become a leading voice in the field. Through a combination of coursework and supervised practical and research experiences, the aim of the Department of Psychology is to train researchers and scientist-practitioners in the discovery, translation, and application of knowledge toward solving human behavior problems of societal importance. Our graduates have gone on to contribute critical research to the field and work in a variety of clinical and academic settings.

Students in this research-intensive Psychology program at the University of Texas El Paso can focus their study in one of five concentration areas.

Become a practicing school psychologist, conduct independent research, take a leadership role in special education, or prepare for private practice. We offer a School Psychology degree at Indiana University Bloomington.