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Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology
Student Summary Data

Educational and Training Outcomes

In keeping with the center’s philosophy of full disclosure, below is a summary of performance and outcome data between 1999–2005.


Applicant data:                  
    1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of applicants   171 168 175 225 188 222 187 211
Number accepted for admission   31 39 41 38 42 45 51 37
Actual size of incoming class   16 23 13 18 23 20 21 15
                   
Accepted for Admission:                  
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
GRE – Verbal: Mean score 533 528 563 550 510 499 501 490
Median score 515 515 560 550 510 515 515 490
GRE – Quantitative: Mean score 611 583 599 596 594 574 620 562
Median score 625 580 585 595 600 570 608 580
GRE – Advanced: Mean score 552 602 631 623 650 -- -- 4.4
Median score 560 600 630 640 600 -- -- 4.5
Mean undergraduate GPA 3.43 3.52 3.49 3.66 3.44 3.53 3.66 3.52
                   
Applicants for Internship:                  
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009  
Number of total applicants*** 28 10 23 15 17 22 27
 
Number accepted on APPIC “Match Day” 22
(79%)
9
(90%)
23
(100%)
11
(73%)
15
(88%)
20
(91%)
23
(85%)
 
Number accepted after APPIC “Match Day” 6
(21%)
1
(10%)
0
(0%)
2
(13%)
1
(6%)
0
(0%)
2
(7%)
 
Number accepted at APA-accredited sites 24
(86%)
8
(80%)
20
(87%)
11
(73%)
14
(82%)
15
(68%)
20
(74%)
 
Obtained APPIC member internships 4
(14%)
2
(20%)
3
(13%)
2
(13%)
2
(12%)
5
(23%)
5
(18%)
 
Number accepted at funded positions 28
(100%)
10
(100%)
23
(100%)
12
(80%)
16
(94%)
19
(86%)
25
(92%)
 
Obtained unfunded internship 0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
1
(7%)
0
(0%)
1
(5%)
0
(0%)
 
Total students obtaining internship 28
(100%)
10
(100%)
23
(100%)
13
(87%)
16
(94%)
20
(91%)
25
(92%)
 
                   
Graduation outcomes:                  
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of students completing program 16 16 13 25 24 16 13 22
Mean years to completion for this cohort 6.7 6.7 6.6 5 5 n/a n/a n/a
Median years to completion for this cohort 7.0 5.0 6.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 6.0

Student Attrition

Year of Enrollment # Enrolled # Graduated with doctorate # Still currently enrolled # No longer enrolled
2000 23 20 1 2
2001 13 10 3 0
2002 18 4 14 0
2003 23 1 20 2
2004 20 0 19 1
2005 21/26* 0 21/26* 1
2006 15/26** 0 15/26** 0

* Reflects 5 students who transferred from Psy.D. to Ph.D. program
** Reflects 11 students who transferred from the Psy.D. to the Ph.D. program

*** Defined as those who submitted rank-ordered lists, and thus received feedback on match day

Alumni Licensure 1997-2005

Alumni Licensure 1997-2005
Licensure Achieved: 85%
Licensure Pending: 2%
No Information: 13%

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