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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 2001-2007.


Applicant data:                
    2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of applicants   175 225 188 222 187 211 115
Number accepted for admission   41 38 42 45 51 37 26
Actual size of incoming class   13 18 23 20 21 15 22
                 
Accepted for Admission:                
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
GRE – Verbal: Mean score 563 550 510 499 501 490 561
Median score 560 550 510 515 515 490 555
GRE – Quantitative: Mean score 599 596 594 574 620 562 658
Median score 585 595 600 570 608 580 623
GRE – Advanced: Mean score 631 623 650 -- -- 4.4 4.7
Median score 630 640 600 -- -- 4.5 4.5
Mean undergraduate GPA 3.49 3.66 3.44 3.53 3.66 3.52 3.5
                 
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:                
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of students completing program 13 25 24 16 13 22 18
Mean years to completion for this cohort 6.6 5 5 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Median years to completion for this cohort 6.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Student Attrition

Year of Enrollment # Enrolled # Graduated with doctorate # Still currently enrolled # No longer enrolled
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
2007 22 0 22 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 1997-2006

Alumni Licensure 1997-2006
Licensure Achieved: 88%
Psychology Licensure Pending or Master's Level Licensure: 4%
No Information: 8%

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