Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data
The APA Commission on Accreditation requires doctoral programs in professional psychology to provide information about completion rates, program costs, internship acceptance, student attrition, and licensure outcomes. The following information is provided for potential students, current students, and the public, in accordance with the Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology.
- Time to completion
[as of 7/1/2011]
The following table provides degree completion data for all students completing the PsyD program in the past seven years.
Graduation Outcomes 2009 2010 2011
Total Number Completing the Program 4 4 4
Advanced Standing Level Entry
Number Completing the Program 4 4 2
Mean years to complete PsyD 4 4.25 5.25
Median years to complete PsyD 4 4.25 5.25
% Completing PsyD in < 5 years 100% 100% 50%
% Completing PsyD in 5 years 0% 0% 0%
% Completing PsyD in 6 years 0% 0% 50%
% Completing PsyD in 7 years 0% 0% 0%
% Completing PsyD in >7 years 0% 0% 0%
Bachelor Level Entry
Number Completing the Program 0 0 2
Mean years to complete PsyD 0 0 5
Median years to complete PsyD 0 0 5
% Completing PsyD in < 5 years 0% 0% 50%
% Completing PsyD in 5 years 0% 0% 0%
% Completing PsyD in 6 years 0% 0% 50%
% Completing PsyD in 7 years 0% 0% 0%
% Completing PsyD in > 7 years 0% 0% 0%
- Program costs 2011-12: Full time student tuition is $21,915 per academic year (three quarters.) Tuition per credit hour is $732 per quarter unit for units taken over 15 (although we do not enroll part-time students). Additional student fees are $1,101 per academic year (three quarters.) Federal Loans are available; some limited scholarship money is also available, as well as limited graduate assistantships.
- Internships (Outcome data updated May 9, 2011)
INTERNSHIP YEAR OF ENTRY 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Number of Students Who Applied for Internship 16 6 7 9 NA NA NA
Number and Percentage Who Obtained Internship
(characteristics noted below)15 5 7 8 NA NA NA
(94%) (83%) (100%) (89%) NA NA NA
Obtained Paid Internship 5 1 4 5 NA NA NA
(31%) (17%) (57%) (56%) NA NA NA
Obtained APA/CPA Accredited Internship 0 1 0 0 NA NA NA
(0%) (17%) (0%) (0%) NA NA NA
Obtained APPIC Member Internship 3 2 2 3 NA NA NA
(19%) (33%) (29%) (33%) NA NA NA
Obtained CAPIC Member Internship 12 2 4 5 NA NA NA
(75%) (33%) (57%) (56%) NA NA NA
Two Year Half-Time Internships 2 0 1 1 NA NA NA
(13%) (0%) (14%) (11%) NA NA NA
Additional Data on Internships
Obtained Full Time Internships 13 5 6 7 NA NA NA
(81%) (83%) (86%) (78%) NA NA NA
Obtained Unfunded Internship 10 4 3 3 NA NA NA
(63%) (67%) (43%) (33%) NA NA NA
Obtained APPIC Equivalent Internship (Out of State Student) NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA
(14%)
Deferred Internship Search to Following Year 1 1 0 1 NA NA NA
(6%) (20%) (0%) (11%) NA NA NA
Awarded Competitive CA Dept. of Mental Health Stipend NA NA 3 2 NA NA NA
NA NA (43%) (22%) NA NA NA
Note: All percentages are based on the total number of students applying for internships for the respective year (not the number who obtained internships), as per APA Commission on Accreditation Policy Statements and Implementing Regulations, IR C-20, December 2010.
APA/CPA: American Psychological Association/Canadian Psychological Association
APPIC: Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (www.appic.org)
CAPIC: California Psychology Internship Council (www.capic.net)
NA: Not Applicable at this time.
- Attrition
Year of First Enrollment # Students Enrolled # and Percentage who graduated with doctorate # and percentage of students still enrolled in program # and percentage of students no longer enrolled for any reason other than graduation
2004 NA NA NA NA
2005 15 7 (47%) 4 (27%) 5 (33%)
2006 17 2 (12%) 8 (47%) 7 (41%)
2007 19 - 12 (63%) 7 (37%)
2008 17 - 16 (94%) 1 (6%)
2009 12 - 11 (92%) 1 (8%)
2010 18 - 17 (94%) 1 (6%)
- Licensure: As of June 2010, the program has graduated two cohorts and there are no licensure data to report yet. However, one student has successfully passed EPPP.
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