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Best Educational Psychology Schools Near Lake Worth, FL (2026)
Updated September 7, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Lake Worth, Florida has 1 accredited school offering educational psychology programs. Lake Worth has a population of about 37,812. In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, the top-earning educational psychology-related role is Psychologists, All Other at a median $145,890 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Educational Psychology Schools to Lake Worth
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer educational psychology programs near Lake Worth, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Lake Worth city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
Graduation rate 30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
Average net price (lower is better) 20%
Retention rate 15%
Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Lake Worth.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
BOC
Ranked by BOC Score — U.S. Dept. of Education outcome data. Advertising never affects rankings.
Lake Worth is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (BLS area code 33100). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Florida statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
School Psychologists
$100,750
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$88,222
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
$88,870
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$77,820
Psychologists, All Other
$145,890
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$127,750
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
$77,720
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$68,056
Instructional Coordinators
$61,930
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$54,229
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
$57,110
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$50,009
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
$61,600
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$53,940
Survey Researchers
N/A
FL statewide
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Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
Lake Worth at a Glance
Metric
Value
Source
Regional Price Parity (US=100)
114.2 (above U.S. average)
BEA RPP 2024
Other Lake Worth-Area Cities With Educational Psychology Programs
How many accredited educational psychology schools are near Lake Worth, FL?
Our directory has 1 accredited schools offering educational psychology programs near Lake Worth. The closest is Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL (17.3 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Florida Atlantic University (17.3 miles). 1 of the highlighted schools is flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying educational psychology roles near Lake Worth?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying educational psychology-related roles near Lake Worth are: Psychologists, All Other ($145,890), School Psychologists ($100,750), Clinical and Counseling Psychologists ($88,870). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Florida statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Lake Worth Beach instead of Lake Worth?
Lake Worth Beach, FL is 0.0 miles from Lake Worth and has its own set of local educational psychology programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 7, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
