Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data

Program Disclosures

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Time to completion for all students entering the program

Program admissions policies regarding credit for prior graduate work and its implications for time to degree completion:

Students may transfer up to 15 graduate-level credits (from courses in which they have received a “B” level or above from prior graduate work in Psychology), if the coursework is evaluated as equivalent to The Ph.D. Program requirements.

Credit will not be transferred if courses were taken more than five years prior to entry in the Program, or the credit was originally granted for clinical practica, independent research or thesis work. A determination of transfer of credit will not be made until a student has successfully completed at least a semester of coursework in the Program. 

Only graduate-level psychology coursework completed in areas that satisfy the broad and general sequence of requirements enable students to place out of similar coursework within the Program (pending the Director and faculty approval). The courses that students may place out of are:

• Social Psychology
• Lifespan Development
• Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior
• Biological Bases of Behavior
• History of Psychology

Other transfer credits can be applied to non-required elective coursework. The Director and faculty will consider each student request after determining the rigor and relevance of the syllabus of the master's-level course.

Transfer credit will have no practical implications for time to completion.

Program Costs

Thanks to the remarkably generous contributions of both private donors and alumni, the Clinical Program provides financial aid based on need to its admitted students. We make it a top priority to work with you in providing some combination of stipends, work-study, teaching assistantships, and in your later years of the Program, Clinical Fellowship. Students interested in financial aid will be asked to complete a financial aid form each year. Should you be invited to interview for the Program, please feel free to contact our Program Director, Sasha Rudenstine, to discuss your financial aid situation.

Internships

A year-long Internship in Clinical Psychology is required for the doctorate. The Doctoral Program has an excellent internship record:

Internship Placement - Table 1:

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