To begin, Stanford has had the #1 Psychology Department in the country for a very long time:  Both from Google AI: T he top five psychology departments in the 1970 report were: [ 1 ] Stanford University University of Michigan University of California, Berkeley Harvard University University of Illinois [ 1 ] Stanford University's psychology department ranked #1 in multiple major national and global evaluations for 2026 : Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings 2026: Ranked #1 in the U.S. (and #2 globally) for psychology. U.S. News & World Report: Ranked #1 (tie) for graduate/overall psychology programs with a peer assessment score of 4.7. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026: Ranked #3 globally for psychology. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] Between 1970 and 1972 Stanford conducted two controversial experiments: In the 1971 prison experiment, Google AI said: The Stanford Prison Experiment Conclusion is that ordinary people can quickly conform to br...