Subfield · Social Psychology · United States
Social Psychology research in United States
Harvard University ranks first in United States for Social Psychology research in 2022–2025 (#2 worldwide), followed by Stanford University and University of Michigan.
- United States's world rank
- #1 of 76 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 38k
- Top-10% rate
- 20.5%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Social Psychology in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #2 | 89.3 | 36.5% | 287 |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #5 | 75.2 | 35.6% | 220 |
| 3 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #10 | 64.6 | 29.4% | 375 |
| 4 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #11 | 63.1 | 29.8% | 274 |
| 5 | New York UniversityNew York | #15 | 58.3 | 28.1% | 257 |
| 6 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #18 | 55.5 | 26.9% | 308 |
| 7 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #21 | 53.2 | 29.1% | 260 |
| 8 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #22 | 52.4 | 26.8% | 227 |
| 9 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #27 | 49.3 | 29.2% | 240 |
| 10 | University of FloridaGainesville | #30 | 47.7 | 23.3% | 264 |
| 11 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #31 | 47.2 | 30.1% | 203 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #33 | 46.2 | 28.3% | 220 |
| 13 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #35 | 45.3 | 26.6% | 270 |
| 14 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #36 | 44.8 | 27.3% | 256 |
| 15 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | #39 | 43.6 | 26.4% | 181 |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #42 | 42.5 | 28.2% | 237 |
| 17 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #43 | 42.1 | 25.9% | 264 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #47 | 40.8 | 23.1% | 342 |
| 19 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #52 | 39.2 | 26.5% | 261 |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #55 | 38.3 | 10.1% | 533 |
| 21 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #56 | 38.1 | 25.9% | 220 |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #65 | 35.8 | 27.5% | 231 |
| 23 | Clemson UniversityClemson | #66 | 35.5 | 24.3% | 152 |
| 24 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #68 | 35.1 | 25.8% | 170 |
| 25 | University of MinnesotaMinneapolis | #76 | 33.4 | 26.3% | 188 |
| 26 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #78 | 33.0 | 25.5% | 187 |
| 27 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #82 | 32.2 | 27.9% | 172 |
| 28 | University of California, DavisDavis | #88 | 31.1 | 25.8% | 160 |
| 29 | Duke UniversityDurham | #89 | 30.9 | 26.6% | 163 |
| 30 | Emory UniversityAtlanta | #90 | 30.8 | 23.1% | 175 |
| 31 | University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park | #91 | 30.6 | 27.2% | 166 |
| 32 | University of ChicagoChicago | #100 | 29.1 | 20.8% | 219 |
| 33 | Washington University in St. LouisSt Louis | #101 | 29.0 | 27.5% | 154 |
| 34 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston | #105 | 28.4 | 26.9% | 165 |
| 35 | University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco | #113 | 27.2 | 27.2% | 133 |
| 36 | Boston UniversityBoston | #117 | 26.7 | 27.5% | 152 |
| 37 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #119 | 26.5 | 23.9% | 162 |
| 38 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #122 | 26.1 | 23.7% | 180 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt UniversityNashville | #128 | 25.3 | 28.2% | 121 |
| 40 | Virginia TechBlacksburg | #133 | 24.7 | 19.2% | 200 |
| 41 | Florida State UniversityTallahassee | #139 | 24.1 | 24.2% | 168 |
| 42 | University of ConnecticutStorrs | #144 | 23.5 | 26.7% | 137 |
| 43 | University of GeorgiaAthens | #145 | 23.4 | 25.5% | 153 |
| 44 | University of Central FloridaOrlando | #147 | 23.2 | 21.7% | 151 |
| 45 | Georgia State UniversityAtlanta | #151 | 22.8 | 18.6% | 182 |
| 46 | University of UtahSalt Lake City | #152 | 22.7 | 22.9% | 163 |
| 47 | George Mason UniversityFairfax | #153 | 22.6 | 21.5% | 150 |
| 48 | Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington | #158 | 22.1 | 26.4% | 155 |
| 49 | Northeastern UniversityBoston | #165 | 21.4 | 30.4% | 93 |
| 50 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #170 | 21.0 | 29.6% | 103 |
| 51 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #178 | 20.3 | 29.7% | 83 |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #189 | 19.3 | 26.0% | 118 |
| 53 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #195 | 18.9 | 22.1% | 136 |
| 54 | Colorado State UniversityFort Collins | #196 | 18.8 | 25.1% | 117 |
| 55 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #197 | 18.7 | 14.8% | 207 |
| 56 | University of Colorado BoulderBoulder | #201 | 18.4 | 24.9% | 112 |
| 57 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #202 | 18.3 | 21.8% | 173 |
| 58 | University of AlabamaTuscaloosa | #214 | 17.4 | 25.3% | 128 |
| 59 | University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkBuffalo | #218 | 17.1 | 23.4% | 120 |
| 60 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #220 | 17.0 | 27.3% | 84 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Psychology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Social Psychology researchers in United States?
Ronald C. Kessler, Norman K. Denzin and Steven Long rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Ronald C. Kessler#14 worldwide overall9.8k citations · 49 works
- 2Norman K. Denzin#16 worldwide overall8.6k citations · 8 works
- 3Steven Long#20 worldwide overall4.9k citations · 7 works
- 4Sigmund Freud#25 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 9 works
- 5Richard M. Ryan#153 worldwide overall10k citations · 39 works
- 6Robert Rosenthal#204 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 18 works
- 7Howard Gardner#205 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 12 works
- 8Peter M. Bentler#237 worldwide overall16k citations · 11 works
- 9John T. Cacioppo#364 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 20 works
- 10James A. Russell#453 worldwide overall5k citations · 19 works
- 11Richard E. Mayer#706 worldwide overall4.7k citations · 10 works
- 12Carl R. Rogers#776 worldwide overall3k citations · 14 works
- 13Richard E. Petty#851 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 25 works
- 14Martin E. P. Seligman#854 worldwide overall7.1k citations · 13 works
- 15Dante Cicchetti#892 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 10 works
How United States compares with other countries in Social Psychology