APA Accreditation Information

Disclosure of education and training outcomes

Disclosure of the following information is required by the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Accreditation. This information is provided in order to assist students in making informed choices about entering graduate programs in clinical psychology. The following information is based on data from the first accredited year (2002-03) to the present.

Time to completion of program

Students entering with a BA or BS: 5.3 years (median 5.34 years)

Students entering with an MA or MS: 5.5 years (median 5.67 years)

Students completing in less than 5 years: 39%

Students completing in 5 years: 22%

Students completing in 6 years: 26%

Students completing in 7 years: 9%

Students completing in more than 7 years: 4%

Program costs

Per credit hour: $688

Total 105 credits: $72,240

Fees: $25 per semester, $150 graduation

Total 105 credits and fees: $73,690*

Total if 12 credit hours for 8 semesters $59,688**

Total if 12 credit hours for 8 semesters including fees $60,088

*Fee calculations are for 10 semesters of coursework. However, students must maintain continuous registration for doctoral projects, internship, and introductory practica. These continuous registration courses are zero credit hours, but an approximate $100 registration fee is charged if students are not registering for other for-credit courses.

**Students who take 12 credit hours in fall or spring semesters are charged at the 9 credit-hour rate, thus the lower total fee for students who take 12 credit hours for fall and spring semesters for 4 years.

Graduate assistantships, scholarships, and other financial aid

The PsyD Program distributes two full-time graduate assistantship (GA) positions per year. These positions include tuition remission and a stipend (which varies from year to year, but typically ranges between $5,000 and $6,000). They are frequently split into four half-time assistantships. Scholarships are also awarded to students entering with a BA or BS who have strong undergraduate GPAs. These scholarships vary yearly according to the allotment of funds and competition; in the past, scholarships for PsyD students have approximated $1500 per semester for the first one to two years (renewal after the first year also depends on availability of funds). Additional financial aid information can be found on the University’s Financial Aid Office web pages.

Internships

The table below includes data on how many students applied for internship each year; how many students obtained internships; and how many students obtained APA-accredited, APPIC, and funded internships.

Note that APA accreditation was not always a priority for our students when applying for internship; the priority for many students, due to their family responsibilities, was finding excellent training sites in the Chicago area. Although we believe that students should make APA-accredited internship sites their priority, we also believe that not requiring APA-accredited internships has allowed us to maintain a more diverse student body.

Internship Placement Data
Applicants for Internship	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Number applying	15	11	14	5	4	3	3
Number obtained	15	9	14	5	4	3	3
Number accepted at APA/CPA accredited sites	12	4	5	3	3	1	1
Number accepted at APPIC member internships	13	8	12	5	4	3	2
Number accepted with funding	15	8*	13	5	4	3	2
*Unfunded internship sponsored housing for intern

Attrition, application, and admission data

The table below provides data on the number of applicants, number of offers of admission made, number of students admitted, number and percent graduated, number and percent currently enrolled, and attrition per entering year’s class.

Enrollment year	Applied	Offered	Admitted	Graduated w/PsyD		Currently enrolled		No longer enrolled
			N	N	%	N	%	N	%
07-08	150		17	--	--	17	100%	0	0%
06-07	120	25	20	--	--	20	100%	0	0%
05-06	59	24	8	--	--	6	75%	2	25%
04-05	35	13	10	1	10%	9	90%	0	0%
03-04	42	22	13	0	0%	11	85%	2	15%
02-03	36	20	11	5	45%	4	36%	2	18%

Licensure

To date, 16 out of 18 (89%) graduates eligible to take the exam have become licensed.

Roosevelt University's PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The Committee on Accreditation of the APA can be reached at 202-336-5979, Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242.

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