<p>How respected is Penn's Psychology Department? Which fields are the strongest at Penn (i.e., Evolutionary Psych, Social Psych, etc.)? Please do not turn this thread into a battle zone. Thank you.</p>
<p>In the last National Research Council (NRC) ranking–from the 1990s and a bit stale, but one of the most respected rankings of its kind–Penn’s Psychology Department was ranked #8 in the country:</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html#area40]NRC”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html#area40)</p>
<p>The most recent US News ranking of graduate psychology programs ranked Penn #11 in the country:</p>
<p>[Rankings</a> - Psychology - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-psychology-schools/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-psychology-schools/rankings)</p>
<p>Can’t help you much beyond that.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>I think Penn’s focus is more on cognitive/behavioral psych…at least that’s what I seem to remember my prof saying in class…</p>
<p>I’m curious as well, so I’m bumping this thread.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine that educational psychology is too lacking, as there is a School of Education on campus, which was a big draw for me. Also, Noam Chomsky went to Penn both as an undergraduate and for his PhD, but that’s more of a fun fact than a qualifier haha.</p>
<p>But yeah, I’d love to know which fields are strongest at Penn, or what Penn’s psych department is known for.</p>
<p>Penn’s psych department was the first such in the country, and Penn is home to one of the top 5 neuroscience and cognitive science programs in the US - Penn’s psych dept is also usually ranked in the top 10. It is and has been the home of a number of luminaries in the field.</p>
<p>In short, it is HIGHLY respected, and many of its PhD students teach at places like: Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Swarthmore, etc. It only has 5 per year.</p>
<p>The Gourman Report, one of the most respected graduate rankings, places the department at #2 in the country:
[Ranking</a> of U.S. Psychology Ph.D. Programs by Area](<a href=“http://www.socialpsychology.org/ggradoth.htm]Ranking”>Ranking of U.S. Psychology Ph.D. Programs by Area)</p>
<p>Strongest departments at Penn:
These are top 10, in US News, NRC or Gourman (these being the most respected rankings):
English
Econ
History
Anthropology
Sociology
Linguistics
Psychology
Religion
Music
Art History
Neuroscience
Physiology
Spanish
German
French
Italian</p>
<p>For grad schools:
Business
Education
Medicine
Law</p>