Quant-Heavy Quantitative Psychology programs

[PsychStats]

Hi,

 

I am looking into applying at Quantitative Psychology programs. The field is small, and there are only about 20 programs in the US. As I looked through the programs, I noticed that some tend to lean more so towards being Psych-heavy and some more Quant-heavy. I am interested mostly in the Quant-heavy programs since I have a strong stats background. However, it is not always easy to tell which are more quant vs psych oriented. Does anyone know which are the most Quant-heavy programs? My impression so far is Kansas, U of VA, Chapel Hill, Notre Dame, Southern CA are Quant-heavy. Are there any others that I'm missing?

 

Thanks!

[spunky]

Vanderbilt's program is pretty Quant Heavy as well. so is UMich. but do keep in mind that non-quant intensive programs can have pretty quantitative people. for instance, Bengt Muthen (the developer of Mplus) and Li Cai have  joint appointments in Statistics and Education in UCLA even though UCLA's Social Research Methodology Program is not particularly known for being quant heavy.

because our programs are so few and far between, sometimes it comes down to the people who are in each program and not the actual program itself. 

Edited August 14, 2015 by spunky

[efh0888]

Vanderbilt's program is pretty Quant Heavy as well. so is UMich.

Do you mean MSU?

[juilletmercredi]

I think Arizona State's program is also pretty quant-heavy. The faculty in that program are heavyweights in the fields wrt developing new methods and such.

I also think that you can decide how quant-heavy you want your program to be, depending on who you work with and what classes you take. My current mentor is a quantitative psychologist, but she got her PhD in human development and family studies at Penn State. They just also happen to have a fantastic methodology center and lots of stats-heavy mentors, with the option to earn an M.A. in applied statistics in their top-ranked statistics department.

[PsychStats]

Thank you so much for your responses, this is very helpful! And it's good to hear that it is possible to make the program more psych or quant oriented according to who we work with and the classes we take.