Disclosure of Education/Training Outcomes

Clinical Psychology Program

Time to Completion:

Students complete the program in 3-7 years with a median of 4 years. Average time to completion of the program is 4.39 years. The majority of students (90.1%) complete the program in 5 years or less. Overall, 67.9% of students completed the program in less than 5 years; 23% completed in 5 years; 7.1% in 6 years and 1.7% in 7 years. For those graduates entering the program with a Bachelors degree, 61.2% completed the program in 4 years, 27.7% in 5 years, 8.5% in 6 years, and 2.1% in 7 years. 100% of those graduates entering the program with an advanced degree in psychology (16.1% of all graduates) completed the program in 4 years or less. The range of time to completion for these students was 3-4 years, with a mean time to completion of 3.77 years and a median and mode of 4 years.

Required Internship:

The program has had a 100% placement rate for those students seeking internships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Internship Match Rate

Number and percentage who obtained paid internships 2006-(8) 100%; 2007-(13) 81.5%; 2008-(16) 88%; 2009-(13) 100%; 2010-(16) 94.1%; 2011-(19) 100%

Number and percentage who obtained APPIC internships 2006-(8) 100%; 2007-(14) 87.5%; 2008-(16) 88%; 2009-(9) 82%; 2010-(13) 76.5%; 2011-(20) 89%

Number and percentage who obtained APA internships 2006-(3) 37.5%; 2007-(0) 0%; 2008-(1) 6%; 2009-(2) 18%; 2010-(3) 17.6%; 2011-(0) 0%

Obtained 2-year internships in 2010-(1) 6%

Cost:

Tuition = $25,740 yearly (At the current rate, total program tuition is projected to be $128,700). There is an additional fee of $255 the first year for testing material fees. A quarterly continuation fee (ranging from $500 to $1,000) is assessed for completion of the Practitioner Scholar Project beyond the internship year. Students taking less than 12 credit hours per quarter are considered to have a partial course load.

Tuition rate are subject to change each academic year. Historically, tuition has increased between 2% and 7% annually.

Attrition:

Number and percentage of students completing the program since inception in 2003.

Number of graduates 2-10 years post-graduation (2007-2009) = 25
Number of graduates licensed as psychologists = 12

Percentage of graduates licensed = 48%