doctoral program: Psychology

Time to Completion

The majority of our doctoral students complete their program within five years. Four of those years are generally on campus and the fifth year is typically the Internship year.

Students are considered admitted with advanced standing if 20 or more hours were transferred from a previous graduate program.

Entry Year 2000-01 Advanced Standing 2000-01 Bachelor Level 2001-02 Advanced Standing 2001-02 Bachelor Level 2002-03 Advanced Standing
Mean years to graduation 4 5.14 3.5 5.11 4.5
Median years to graduation 4 5 3.5 5 4.5

 

Entry Year 2002-03 Bachelor Level 2003-04 Bachelor Level 2004-05 Bachelor Level 2005-06 Bachelor Level 2006-07 Bachelor Level
Mean years to graduation 5.2 5.36 5.08 5.15 5
Median years to graduation 5 5 5 5 5

 

August 2001 was the first graduating class, since that time 155 students have completed all the degree requirements for the Psy.D.

Students completing the program in less than 5 years 15 of 155 graduates = 9.7%
Students completing the program in 5 years 96 of 155 graduates = 61.9%
Students completing the program in 5.5 years 11 of 155 graduates = 7.1%
Students completing the program in 6 years 21 of 155 graduates = 13.5%
Students completing the program in 7 years 6 of 155 graduates = 3.9%
Students completing the program in more than 7 years 5 of 155 graduates = 3.9%