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Psy.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   240 263 278 344 326 321 232
Number accepted for admission   105 132 154 147 142 143 136
Actual size of incoming class   68 69 93 102 93 91 73
                 
Accepted for Admission:                
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
GRE – Verbal: Mean score 493 494 472 450 486 462 481
Median score 480 480 460 450 500 460 490
GRE – Quantitative: Mean score 530 544 563 538 575 535 553
Median score 540 540 570 540 580 550 590
GRE – Advanced: Mean score 557 574 590 600 580 4.3 4.5
Median score 555 600 585 580 565 4.5 4.5
Mean undergraduate GPA 3.40 3.43 3.46 3.56 3.52 3.42 3.4
                 
Applicants for Internship:                
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Number of total applicants*** 51 70 53 66 62 69 64
Number accepted on APPIC “Match Day” 43
(84%)
58
(83%)
46
(87%)
55
(83%)
39
(63%)
58
(84%)
50
(78%)
Number accepted after APPIC “Match Day” 7
(14%)
11
(16%)
5
(9%)
11
(17%)
17
(27%)
10
(14%)
10
(16%)
Number accepted at APA-accredited sites 39
(76%)
52
(74%)
42
(79%)
53
(80%)
38
(61%)
54
(78%)
38
(59%)
Obtained APPIC member internships 11
(22%)
17
(24%)
9
(17%)
13
(20%)
18
(29%)
14
(20%)
22
(34%)
Number accepted at funded positions 50
(98%)
69
(99%)
51
(96%)
64
(97%)
54
(87%)
68
(98%)
59
(93%)
Obtained unfunded internship 0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
2
(3%)
2
(13%)
0
(0%)
1
(1%)
Total students obtaining internship 50
(98%)
69
(99%)
51
(96%)
66
(100%)
56
(90%)
68
(98%)
60
(94%)
                 
Graduation outcomes:                
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of students completing program 53 55 51 66 49 76 50
Mean years to completion for this cohort 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Median years to completion for this cohort 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Student Attrition

Year of Enrollment # Enrolled # Graduated with doctorate # Still currently enrolled # No longer enrolled
2001 68 58 5 5
2002 70 39 23 8
2003 88 0 78 10
2004 92 0 86 16
2005 85 0 82 3
2006 91 0 88 3
2007 73 0 71 2

* 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: 84%
Psychology Licensure Pending or Master's Level Licensure: 2.25%
No Information: 13.75%

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