The University of Minnesota’s Department of Educational Psychology (Ed Psych) continues its rise on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools Rankings.

Ed Psych has three programs among the top 10 in the nation on the 2021 list. Educational psychology, as a whole, rose in the rankings from number 10 last year to number nine this year. Special education, which has held a top-10 spot for several years, continued its tradition also placing ninth this year. Counseling and student personnel psychology leaped four spots to land at 10th place.

The Department of Educational Psychology is part of the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) which was rated the 13th best public education graduate school in the nation. In U.S. News & World Report’s entire list of 255 schools, CEHD placed 22nd overall. Rankings are based on student selectivity, faculty resources, and research activity, as well as from assessments by peers and educational professionals.