Disclosure of Education/Training Outcomes and Information Allowing for Informed Decision-Making to Prospective Doctoral Students

I. Time to Completion Data for Students who Graduated Between 2001 - 2007 (in years)

Overall Mean 7.00

Overall Median 6.50

Entered with bachelor’s degree 6.30

Entered with master’s degree 7.50

Percent graduated in fewer than 5 years 0.0%

Percent graduated in 5 years 10.5%

Percent graduated in 6 years 42.1%

Percent graduated in 7 years 21.1%

Percent graduated in more than 7 years 21.0%

II. Per Semester Program Costs for Graduate Students Entering Fall, 2007

Tuition (total, full time) $9108.00

Tuition per credit hour $1012.00

Activity Fee $ 40.00

Health Fee $ 247.00

All entering students are full-time graduate students and all are provided with an assistantship that provides them with full tuition remission along with remission of the Health Fee. In addition students are paid a stipend for their work as assistants.

III. Internships

Statistics on Internship Applicants (updated 10/08)

01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09
# total applicants from SU 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 3
# accepted on APPIC “match day” 2 4 3 1 3 1 1 3
# accepted after APPIC “match day” 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
# accepted at APA/CPA accredited sites 2 4 3 1 3 2 0 3
# accepted at APPIC member sites 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 3
# accepted to funded positions 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 3

Recent (00-08) internship placements:

VA Palo Alto HealthCare System

Yale University School of MedicineRush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center

Southwest Consortium/NMVAHC, Albuquerque, NM

Western Missouri Medical Center

Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Indiana University School of Medicine

Brown University Medical Center

University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry

Syracuse VA Medical Center

Boston VA Consortium

Syracuse Upstate Medical Center

Duke University Medical Center

Medical College of Georgia

Pacific Clinics Institute, Pasadena, CA

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System

University of Washington Counseling Center

IV. Attrition

Over the last 8 years, 12 students have left the program without graduating for a 28% attrition rate. Of these half left for non-academic reasons (i.e., personal or medical).

Year of enrollment # Enrolled # Graduated with doctorate # Still currently enrolled # No longer enrolled
2000 5 3 1 1
2001 3 1 0 2
2002 4 0 4 1
2003 3 0 3 0
2004 6 0 4 2
2005 6 0 5 1
2006 5 0 5 0
2007 6 0 4 2*

*Students in good standing who moved with their adivsor.

 

V. Licensure (Data from 1999 – 2005)

Number of licensed psychologists = 9 (53%)

7 (41%) individuals are not yet eligible for licensure

2 (12%) indicate that they do not intend to become licensed

100% of individuals who sat for the Examination for Practice of Professional Psychology (the “licensing exam”) passed on their first try.

The program prepares graduates to become licensed as psychologists though we recognize that this is an individual career decision. Given our program’s strong preparation for conducting research, we expect that some of our graduates will pursue academic or research careers where becoming licensed is not an essential requirement and therefore some will, of their own choice, not pursue it.