Stanford, Harvard, Boston College, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, UCLA, Princeton, these are only a few.
This question depends on which field of psychology you are looking at, but well known universities in terms of prestige are Pittsburg University, McGill, and Columbia. Those are the ones that I know pour a lot of funding into psychological research.
The requirements for a degree in psychology at a university is at least 120 credits. Most colleges will prefer more as well as an advanced degree.
FIT is definitely the way to go: http://www.fitnyc.edu/ They are one of the best colleges in the business for stylists and are well-known for it.
A good school for wanting to graduate in forensic psychology is the u of m (university of Minnesota) because of its well known and high quality psychology program.
The Symphony Hall in Boston is known for a few things, it is considered to have some of the best acoustics for an music hall as well as it houses the Boston Pop orchestra.
The gold standard US News and World Reports rankings lists the following within the top 50 for National Universities and top 50 LACs within an hour of Boston: Harvard MIT Brandeis Boston College Wellesley Holy Cross Tufts Source: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college
Colleges of Distinction offers a wide variety of reviews, both positive and negative, for York University as well as other prestigious and well known colleges and Universities.
There are a number of well-known colleges in Rhode Island, even though it is such a small state. Here is a list of colleges and universities in Rhode Island http://collegestats.org/colleges/Rhode-island
Baylor and the University of Texas are well known for their medical schools.
Zdeno Chara
A degree or certification in SL (offered at many schools, colleges, etc); a psychology course and acting study will help as well.