Best Psychology Programs in New Hampshire for 2027

You can't declare psychology as a continuing UNH student until you've passed Introduction to Psychology and Statistics in Psychology with a C or higher and hold a 2.0 GPA, though first-year and transfer applicants can declare at admission. The 44-credit major then adds research methods, two breadth courses in each of two groups and two depth courses in each of two groups, with options such as psychopathology, drugs and behavior, health psychology, counseling and autobiographical memory. The senior capstone can be an internship, an independent study or an honors thesis. A combined bachelor's and master's route lets motivated students begin graduate work in their junior year.

Entry to the Major

Continuing students need Intro to Psychology and Statistics with a C or better and a 2.0 GPA.

Course Structure

Forty-four credits, with 500-level breadth courses and 700-level depth courses in two groups each.

Capstone Options

Internship, independent study, capstone or a senior honors thesis.

Research Showcase

Students can present at the annual Haslerud Conference.

Program Sources: Psychology Major (B.A.) | University of New Hampshire Academic CatalogDeclaring a Major | Psychology

Four-credit courses fill most of this 48-credit psychology major, and its core includes statistics, research methods, brain and behavior, and culture and psychology. You choose two foundations courses, two courses from each of two advanced lists, one covering learning, aging, perception or cognitive neuroscience and the other testing, abnormal psychology, counseling or clinical psychology, and finish with a capstone seminar in a track such as psychophysiology, developmental, social, clinical or experimental psychology. Practica and independent research are available. A year-long honors program leads to a presented research project, open to students with a 3.20 GPA.

Core Sequence

General Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Research Methods, Brain and Behavior, and Culture and Psychology, four credits each.

Capstone Choices

Seminar or a capstone in human psychophysiology, developmental, social, clinical or experimental psychology.

Honors Program

Junior honors seminar, senior honors seminar and six credits of honors research, with a public colloquium; 3.20 GPA to enter.

Practica

Practica place majors in real-world psychology settings.

Program Sources: Psychology (B.A.) < CourseLeaf

This online psychology BA builds a data skill into the degree: a 12-credit embedded certificate in Data Literacy in Psychology comes with it. You can stay on the general track or choose one of five concentrations, which are addiction studies, child and adolescent development, forensic psychology, industrial-organizational psychology and mental health. The mental health concentration offers experience with community-based service organizations. Courses include Introduction to Psychology, Lifespan Development, Research Methods and Theories of Social Psychology, and the program closes with Psychology and Social Change. SNHU accepts up to 90 transfer credits, which suits students who already hold some college credit.

Concentrations

Addiction Studies, Child and Adolescent Development, Forensic Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Mental Health.

Embedded Certificate

Twelve credits of Data Literacy in Psychology are part of the degree.

Closing Course

Psychology and Social Change is the culminating course.

Transfer Credit

Up to 90 credits can transfer toward the bachelor's degree.

Program Sources: Online Psychology Degrees | Bachelor's (BA) Programs | SNHU

A required senior research thesis is the centerpiece of Saint Anselm's psychology major, and it follows behavioral statistics, foundations of research methods, an intermediate methods course in an area like cognition, brain and behavior, or applied psychology, and the advanced research seminar. Electives come from three groupings: brain and behavior, development and potential, and society and relationships. Internships in legal, clinical, educational, political and business settings are optional additions. Labs include a behavioral pharmacology lab studying conditioning and substance use. Students who complete the BA can't also receive the BA in Behavioral Neuroscience, so choose between the two early.

Research Sequence

Behavioral Statistics, Foundations of Research Methods, one intermediate methods course and an Advanced Research Seminar.

Senior Thesis

A senior research thesis is required for every psychology major.

Content Areas

Brain and Behavior, Development and Potential, and Society and Relationships.

Behavioral Neuroscience

Psychology majors may not also receive the BA in Behavioral Neuroscience.

Program Sources: Program: Psychology - Saint Anselm CollegeLearning Opportunities

Psychology comes as a BA or a BS at Plymouth State, and the BS has four options: general psychology, mental health, a 3+2 route into mental health counseling, and a 3+3 route into school psychology that ends in a paid internship year. Both degrees run through introductory research methods, two four-credit research methods and statistics courses and behavioral neuroscience, with a capstone in an internship, a seminar or independent research. You can join on-campus labs studying emotion and relationships, learning, or psychophysiology, working as a research assistant for pay or credit. The BA adds a foreign language requirement.

BS Options

General Psychology, Mental Health, 3+2 Mental Health Counseling and 3+3 School Psychology.

Methods Sequence

Introduction to Research Methods, then Research Methods and Statistics I and II.

Capstone

An internship in psychology, a psychology seminar or independent research.

Research Labs

On-campus labs on emotion and relationships, learning, and psychophysiology.

Program Sources: Psychology (B.S.) | School of Human and Public ServicePsychology (B.A.) | School of Human and Public Service

Two senior-year requirements define psychology at Colby-Sawyer: you design and carry out an original research project in an area you choose, and you complete an internship of at least four credits with a professional development seminar. The 52-credit major starts with Introduction to Psychology, which needs a grade of C or higher, then Statistical Methods for Psychology and Research Methods in Psychology, where you design original research projects. An advanced research seminar serves as the capstone, along with four psychology electives at the 300 or 400 level, such as forensic, health, sport and exercise or counseling psychology. Internships are arranged with faculty in places like child protection agencies, schools and rehabilitation facilities.

Senior Research

Every senior designs and implements an original research project, finishing in an advanced research seminar.

Internship

A senior internship of at least four credits with a professional development seminar.

Research Courses

Statistical Methods for Psychology and Research Methods in Psychology.

Advanced Electives

Four psychology electives at the 300 or 400 level.

Program Sources: Psychology: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | Colby-Sawyer College

Psychology at UNH Manchester leans on its city. The department has partnerships with local hospitals, mental health centers and human services agencies where majors complete internships, and research projects cover sensation and visual perception, child psychology, neuropsychology and community-based work. Students build a background in experimental and clinical psychology, including perceptual, counseling and developmental courses. A few catalog courses, such as behaviorism and pioneers of psychology, are offered in Manchester only. There's also a pathway for New Hampshire community college students, so an associate degree can lead directly into the major.

Research Areas

Sensation and visual perception, child psychology, neuropsychology and community-based research.

Placements

Hospitals, mental health centers and human services agencies in Manchester.

Transfer Pathway

A pathways program for New Hampshire community college students.

Manchester-Only Courses

Behaviorism and Pioneers of Psychology are offered only in Manchester.

Program Sources: Psychology, B.A. - CPS, UNHM | University of New HampshirePsychology Major (B.A.) | University of New Hampshire Academic Catalog

This PhD is aimed at people who want to teach at the college level, and the training reflects that. You specialize in one of three areas: brain, behavior and cognition; social and personality; or developmental psychology. Research with faculty runs alongside a Practicum and Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology, then your own classroom, first teaching Introduction to Psychology and later mid-level courses in your area. Many students add a master's or a cognate in college teaching through the nationally recognized Preparing Future Faculty Program. Full tuition waiver and a stipend are offered for five years, depending on university funding. It is not a clinical program.

Specializations

Brain, Behavior and Cognition; Social/Personality; and Developmental Psychology.

Funding

Full tuition waiver and stipend for five years, contingent on university funding.

Teaching Training

A teaching practicum and seminar, then teaching Introduction to Psychology and mid-level courses.

Timeline

A five-year option, with nearly three-quarters of graduates entering academia.

Program Sources: Psychology, Ph.D. - COLA, UNH | University of New Hampshire

A Psychology Internship capstone in the last semester is something many transfer programs skip, and this associate degree includes it. Before that you take Statistics, Introduction to Psychology, Human Growth and Development and a cellular biology course, then fill the rest with behavioral and non-behavioral social science, humanities, language and science electives. The sequence covers the first two years of a bachelor's in psychology, so decide early where you'll transfer, since your advisor can then match electives to that school. At least 60 credits are needed, with 15 earned at Nashua and 8 of those at the 200 level.

Capstone

A Psychology Internship as the final-semester capstone experience.

Required Courses

Statistics I, Introduction to Psychology, Human Growth and Development and Biology in Focus.

Residency

At least 15 credits at Nashua, 8 of them at the 200 level, within 60 total credits.

Purpose

Designed as the first two years toward a bachelor's degree with a psychology major.

Program Sources: Psychology | Nashua Community College

Great Bay's psychology associate degree is arranged for a clean hand-off to a four-year school. Dual admission agreements with the University System of New Hampshire and Southern New Hampshire University, plus an articulation agreement with UNH's psychology degree, can put you into the major at junior standing if you follow your advisor's course selections. The 63 to 67 credits include Introduction to Psychology, Social Science Research Methods, a statistics course and five psychology electives, ranging from pathopsychology and human growth and development to counseling and crisis intervention. Students design their own research and apply skills in the community. Campus, online and hybrid courses are available.

Core Courses

Introduction to Psychology, Social Science Research Methods and Statistics I.

Electives

Five psychology electives, including pathopsychology, human growth and development, counseling and crisis intervention.

Transfer Agreements

Dual admission with USNH schools and SNHU; articulation with UNH's psychology degree.

Credits

63 to 67 credits to complete.

Program Sources: Psychology - Great Bay Community CollegePsychology Associate in Arts program sheet