50 Best colleges for Social Psychology in Ohio

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Social Psychology. A graph of 2.97M citations received by 71.7K academic papers made by 50 universities in Ohio was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Ohio State University

Columbus

For Social Psychology

#11 in the United States

#12 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

2. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Social Psychology

#52 in the United States

#57 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,351

3. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Social Psychology

#82 in the United States

#94 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 87%

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Social Psychology

#84 in the United States

#97 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 96%

5. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Social Psychology

#95 in the United States

#108 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

6. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Social Psychology

#117 in the United States

#137 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 98%

7. University of Akron

Akron

For Social Psychology

#144 in the United States

#167 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 97%

8. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Social Psychology

#153 in the United States

#176 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 92%

9. Wright State University

Dayton

For Social Psychology

#180 in the United States

#206 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1072
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 94%

10. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Social Psychology

#189 in the United States

#215 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $10,148

11. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Social Psychology

#256 in the United States

#288 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1283
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $31,551

12. Urbana University

Urbana

For Social Psychology

#316 in the United States

#353 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Net Price: $21,774
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,344

13. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Social Psychology

#407 in the United States

#452 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,021
Male:Female: 48:52
Founded: 1973

14. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Social Psychology

#413 in the United States

#458 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $50,484

15. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Social Psychology

#427 in the United States

#472 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,470

16. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Social Psychology

#439 in the United States

#484 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 98%

17. Capital University

Columbus

For Social Psychology

#450 in the United States

#495 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,480

18. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Social Psychology

#459 in the United States

#506 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,005
Male:Female: 82:18
Founded: 1919

19. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Social Psychology

#488 in the United States

#537 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1179
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,542

20. Denison University

Granville

For Social Psychology

#493 in the United States

#543 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $42,177

21. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Social Psychology

#507 in the United States

#560 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,790

22. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Social Psychology

#515 in the United States

#569 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Net Price: $19,620
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,128

23. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Social Psychology

#569 in the United States

#624 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,529

24. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Social Psychology

#637 in the United States

#696 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $21,457

25. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Social Psychology

#669 in the United States

#730 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $26,581
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $7,003

26. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Social Psychology

#674 in the United States

#735 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $28,463
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $3,217

27. Ashland University

Ashland

For Social Psychology

#683 in the United States

#744 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1138
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $21,971

28. Walsh University

North Canton

For Social Psychology

#693 in the United States

#754 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1136
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $21,009

29. Franklin University

Columbus

For Social Psychology

#769 in the United States

#833 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $22,252
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $6,477

30. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Social Psychology

#789 in the United States

#853 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $4,739
Enrollment: 886

31. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Social Psychology

#795 in the United States

#859 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1228
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $23,826

32. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Social Psychology

#797 in the United States

#861 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $6,070
Enrollment: 849

33. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Social Psychology

#805 in the United States

#871 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,396

34. Marietta College

Marietta

For Social Psychology

#817 in the United States

#884 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1143
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $21,333

35. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Social Psychology

#829 in the United States

#897 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,242
Receiving Aid: 100%

36. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Social Psychology

#854 in the United States

#923 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,047

37. Ohio University

Athens

For Social Psychology

#896 in the United States

#965 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

38. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Social Psychology

#914 in the United States

#983 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1168
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $28,190

39. Hiram College

Hiram

For Social Psychology

#971 in the United States

#1041 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $21,362
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $17,546

40. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Social Psychology

#989 in the United States

#1060 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1010
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $20,269

41. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Social Psychology

#1048 in the United States

#1120 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $26,215
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,728

42. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Social Psychology

#1052 in the United States

#1124 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 982
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $15,887

43. Malone University

Canton

For Social Psychology

#1056 in the United States

#1128 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1061
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $23,362

44. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Social Psychology

#1065 in the United States

#1137 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $10,979
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $39,404

45. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Social Psychology

#1086 in the United States

#1158 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $5,744
Enrollment: 740

46. Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

For Social Psychology

#1130 in the United States

#1203 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1080
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $17,678

47. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Social Psychology

#1143 in the United States

#1216 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $21,006
Receiving Aid: 100%

48. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Social Psychology

#1166 in the United States

#1240 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,835

49. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Social Psychology

#1176 in the United States

#1250 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $24,490

50. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Social Psychology

#1181 in the United States

#1255 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $6,318
Enrollment: 3,454

Closest to Ohio states to learn Social Psychology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	9	99
Indiana	25	25
Kentucky	20	50
Pennsylvania	87	5
Virginia	38	41
Michigan	28	1
District of Columbia	9	86
Maryland	24	23
Illinois	54	9
Tennessee	26	59
North Carolina	34	22
New Jersey	22	28
New York	111	4
Wisconsin	25	16
South Carolina	20	67
Connecticut	20	8
Georgia	35	39
Missouri	25	43
Iowa	17	27
Vermont	8	125
Massachusetts	59	2
Rhode Island	9	65
Alabama	18	83
New Hampshire	11	106
Arkansas	15	128
Mississippi	9	170
Minnesota	25	14
Maine	8	208
Kansas	10	49
Louisiana	19	90
Florida	36	31
Oklahoma	12	100
Nebraska	9	73
South Dakota	8	311
North Dakota	5	181
Texas	63	15
Colorado	18	71
New Mexico	7	104
Montana	4	219
Utah	10	58
Idaho	5	247
Arizona	7	17
Puerto Rico	8	677
Nevada	4	143
Washington	19	10
Oregon	16	85
California	106	3
Alaska	3	429
Hawaii	6	132

Psychology subfields in Ohio

Child Psychology40

Clinical Psychology28

Cognitive Science31

Education Majors45

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution10

Neuroscience44

Occupational Therapy11

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology11