教育心理学（Educational psychology）是研究在教育情境下人类的学习、教育干预的效果、教学心理，以及学校组织的社会心理学。教育心理学的重点是把心理学的理论或研究所得应用在教育上。教育心理学可应用于设计课程、改良教学方法、推动学习动机以及帮助学生面对成长过程中所遇上的各项困难和挑战。“教育心理学”和“学校心理学”这两个名词经常交替使用，但通常从事理论工作及研究的人员较倾向称作教育心理学家，而在学校或学校相关场所从事实际工作的就被归类为学校心理学家。

常见学位	PhD
典型职业及薪水	教育及职业咨询：$56,170 教育学大学教师：$65,000
签证敏感度	无
高中课程准备	理科、文科
专业领域	教育及师范
美国第一大学	斯坦福大学

学习内容

教育心理学学习的心理学理论主要包括：

• 认知论（Cognitive）
• 建构论（Constructivism）
• 社会认知论（Social Cognitive）
• 动机理论（Motivation）
• 发展理论（Developmental Psychology）
• 行为主义（Behaviorism）

教育心理学作为一门提供学位的专业通常开设在研究生（主要是博士）阶段，但作为一门课程，通常师范专业或教育管理专业的本科也会开设该课程。

2015USNews美国大学研究生教育心理学专业排名

排名	院校	学费	工程专业研究生注册总人数
#1	Stanford University Stanford, CA	$42,690 per year (full-time)	387
#2	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,017
#3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$19,982 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,402 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	677
#4	Vanderbilt University (Peabody) Nashville, TN	$1,747 per credit (full-time)	873
#5	University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$11,626 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,118 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	826
#6	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$654 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,253 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	1,980
#6	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	341
#8	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$573 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,236 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	937
#9	University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX	$8,402 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,141
#10	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	744
#11	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$15,008 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,756
#12	Pennsylvania State University-University Park University Park, PA	$18,270 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,061
#13	Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY	$1,344 per credit (full-time)	4,969
#14	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$40,106 per year (full-time)	855
#14	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$19,964 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,686 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	970
#16	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	$11,560 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,224 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,054
#16	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	$11,526 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	759
#16	University of Connecticut (Neag) Storrs, CT	$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	787
#16	University of Georgia Athens, GA	$7,700 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,648