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To help you get a sense of the nature of our clinical program, information about applicants to our program and about the students who enrolled in our program over the past seven years is shown in the three tables below. The fourth table provides information about our success rate at placing our advanced students at internships from 2002-2008; the fifth table shows our graduation rates over the same time period. The program costs for the current year are shown in the last table.

Table 1: Clinical Program Applicant Data, 2003-2009

Applicant Data 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 Number of Applicants to the Clinical Program 161 177 159 115 120 122 166
 Number of Applicants Offered Admission 22 15 14 14 13 13 19
 Number of Admitted Students Enrolling 12 12 9 8 6 10 10
 Number of Enrolled Students Receiving Full Funding 12 12 9 9 6 10 10

 

Table 2: Mean GRE Scores and GPAs for Incoming Clinical Students, 2003-2009 (Median scores in parentheses).

GRE and GPA Data 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 GRE-Verbal Scores 542 (545) 577 (585) 582 (580) 620 (610) 578 (575) 562 (540) 545 (520)
 GRE-Quantitative Scores 663 (660) 693 (690) 647 (630) 703 (730) 645 (645) 635 (620) 676 (675)
 GRE-Psychology Scores 648 (660) 680 (675) 660 (630) 630 (635) 663 (690) 650 (670) 715 (715)
 Undergraduate GPA 3.61 (3.64) 3.76 (3.83) 3.80 (3.81) 3.80 (3.89) 3.84 (3.93) 3.68 (3.71) 3.77 (3.86)

 

Table 3: Characteristics of Students Enrolled in the Clinical Program

Student Characteristics 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
 Total Number Students Enrolled 64 70 65 66 70 74 87
 Percent Female 80% 80% 77% 80% 84% 82% 79%
 Percent Male 20% 20% 23% 20% 16% 18% 21%
 Percent Minority 17% 14% 9% 14% 10% 8% 8%
 Percent Members of Professional Organizations 40% 27% 60% 68% 54% 66% 89%
 Percent Authors/Co-Authors of Papers or  Workshops at Professional Meetings 42% 28% 28% 67% 27% 28% 32%
 Percent Authors/Co-Authors of Publications 22% 8% 28% 29% 16% 18% 17%
 Percent Involved in Teaching 27% 19% 17% 33% 14% 15% 17%

 

Table 4: Internship Applicant Data, 2002-09

Internship Applicant Characteristics 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
 No. of Students Who Applied for Internship 11 10 11 11 10 11 14
 No. Who Obtained Internships 11 10 11 11 10 10 13
 No. Placed in APPIC* Internships 11 10 11 10 10 10 13
 Percent Placed in APA Accredited Programs 100% 100% 100% 91% 100% 100% 93%
 No. Accepted on Match Day 11 9 11  10 10 8 12
 No. Accepted After Match Day 0 1 0 1 0 2 1
 No. Placed in Paid Internships 11 10 11 11 10 10 13

* Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, an educational, non-profit organization with the mission of enhancing internship and postdoctoral training programs in professional psychology.

 

Table 5: Program Completion Data, Mean (Median) Years to Completion, and Distribution of Completion Time, 2002-09

Program Completion Data 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
 Number of Students Completing Program  9  11 9  6 8  7 11
 Number of Students Who Left the Program (Percent Attrition) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%)
 Years to Completion: All Students 6.0 (6.2) 6.6 (6.2) 6.8 (6.8) 5.5 (5.5) 4.9 (5.6) 6.4 7.58
 Students Entering with Bachelor's 6.1 (6.1) 6.6 (6.2) 7.2 (6.9) 5.5 (5.5) 5.1(6.1) -- 7.58
 Students Entering with Master's 5.0 (5.0) * 5.1 (5.1) * 4.5 (4.5) -- --
No. Who Completed in Less than 5 Years 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
No. Who Completed in 5 Years 4 1 2 2 2 1 2
No. Who Completed in 6 Years 2 4 3 4 2 5 0
No. Who Completed in 7 Years 2 2 2 0 1 0 2
No. Who Completed in More than 7 Years 1 3 2 0 2 1 7

* No students completing the program this year entered the program with a Master's degree.

 

Table 6: Program Costs 2009-2010

Program Costs 2009-10
 Full-time Tuition (Ohio Residents)* $11,434
 Full-time Tuition (Out of State Residents)* $18,742
 Part-time Student per Credit Fees (Ohio Residents) $477
 Part-time Student per Credit Fees (Out of State Residents) $782
 Additional Fees ** $15

* Students accepted into the program full-time receive waivers for tuition and most fees, and are guaranteed four academic years of funding. We currently do not enroll part-time students.

** Students are responsible for paying these fees.

Professional Licensure

Ph.D. Graduates from 2003-2008.

Ph.D. Graduates between 2003-2008 51
Graduates who do not plan to pursue licensure* 1 (2%)
Graduates who are in the process of completing licensure requirements 17 (33%)
Graduates who are currently licensed 23 (45%)
Unknown licensure status 10 (20%)

*graduates who do not currently plan to pursue licensure are in positions where licensure is not required (e.g., Assistant Professor, Research Consultant, Research Coordinator).

 

 
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