<p>Hi I was wondering which Universities offers good psychology programs?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Most good universities and LACs have respectable Psychology departments.</p>
<p>It depends somewhat on which disciplines within psychology you want to study. Psych is such a mixture of biological sciences and social sciences. Yale is good for Clinical. Minnesota and Tufts are good for Developmental. Stanford is very strong in social. The top LACS provide excellent instruction in psych. Look for psych departments that are large relative to the size of the school. Departments in every field have to have a "critical mass" to provide students with course offerings and research opportunities. LACs provide research training but may not have research opportunities.</p>
<p>Job prospects in Psych are limited unless you have a doctorate. Clinical Psych has the best job prospects. You should take lots of math and biology/neuroscience to gain a grad school advantage. </p>
<p>Think about which field within psych most appeals to you. Then maybe somebody on this board can help you further.</p>
<p>Stanford baby all the way! Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, arguably one of the best psychology minds today, teaches and conducts research there. Although just because one of their teachers is well renown doesn't necessarily make that school better, just a little side-note. :)</p>
<p>Stanford University</p>
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<p>Agree with the warning above. Getting a doctorate in Psych is very, very important to your future livelihood, and Psych grad programs are very, very difficult to get into, especially at the Ph.D. level. Without the Ph.D., your options in psychology are extremely limited. In many states, for example, you can't get licenced for independent private practice unless you have a Ph.D.</p>
<p>Clinical Psych offers the best job prospects and the highest income - generally well over $100,000 by mid-career, but of course there are drawbacks. Most Clinical Psychologists are in private practive (though some also teach), and work by themselves. If you crave social contact with co-workers, this is not the job for you. Also, you are your own boss, and have all the responsibilities and worries being your own boss entails. You negotiate with the landlord about the rent for your office, you pay the bills and balance the checkbook, you bill your patients and keep tabs on your receivables, you decide how to market yourself, etc. In addition, insurance companies are putting a lot of pressure on psychologist's compensation and often wrap up their payment processes in miles of red tape, often making the process of getting paid difficult.</p>
<p>I don't mean to discourage you, but so many kids go into psychology without understanding the realities of the profession. Thought a short dose of what it's really like would help.</p>
<p>And across the bay from Stanford, is UC Berkeley which also has an excellent pyschology program.</p>