Department of Psychology
Information for Prospective Clinical Students
 
 

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 2004-2010; the fifth table shows our graduation rates over the same time period. The program costs for the current year are shown in the Table 6 and professional licensure information is summarized in Table 7.

Table 1: Clinical Program Applicant Data, 2005-2011

Applicant Data2005200620072008200920102011
 Number of Applicants to the Clinical Program159115120122166129205
 Number of Applicants Offered Admission14141313191211
 Number of Admitted Students Enrolling986101087
 Number of Enrolled Students Receiving Full Funding996101087

 

Table 2: Mean GRE Scores and GPAs for Incoming Clinical Students, 2005-2011 (Median scores in parentheses).

GRE and GPA Data2005200620072008200920102011
 GRE-Verbal Scores5827(580)620 (610)578 (575)562 (540)545 (520)571 (560)510 (600)
 GRE-Quantitative Scores647 (630)703 (730)645 (645)635 (620)676 (675)643 (645)604 (695)
 GRE-Psychology Scores660 (630)630 (635)633 (690)650 (670)715 (715)626 (610)673 (690)
 Undergraduate GPA3.80 (3.81)3.80 (3.89)3.84 (3.93)3.68 (3.71)3.77 (3.86)3.64 (3.55)3.23 (3.77)

 

Table 3: Characteristics of Students Enrolled in the Clinical Program

Student Characteristics2004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-11
 Total Number Students Enrolled65667074877365
 Percent Female77%80%84%82%79%79%83%
 Percent Male23%20%16%18%21%21%17%
 Percent Minority9%14%10%8%8%7%9%
 Percent Members of Professional Organizations60%68%54%66%89%88%62%
 Percent Authors/Co-Authors of Papers or  Workshops at Professional Meetings28%67%27%28%32%33%n/a
 Percent Authors/Co-Authors of Publications28%29%16%18%17%21%n/a
 Percent Involved in Teaching17%33%14%15%17%19%17%
 Number of Books/Articles in Professional or Scientific Journalsn/an/an/an/an/an/a50
Number of Presentations or Workshops at Professional Meetingsn/an/an/an/an/an/a70

 

Table 4: Internship Applicant Data, 2004-11

Internship Applicant Characteristics2004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-11
 No. of Students Who Applied for Internship111110111486
 No. Who Obtained Internships111110101385
 No. Placed in APPIC* Internships111010101385
 Percent Placed in APA Accredited Programs100%91%100%100%92%88%83%
 No. Accepted on Match Day111010 81275
 No. Accepted After Match Day0102110
 No. Placed in Paid Internships111110101385

* 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, 2004-11

Program Completion Data2003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-10
 Number of Students Completing Program968711148
 Number of Students Who Left the Program (Percent Attrition)1 (1%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (1%)3 (4%)1
 Years to Completion: All Students6.8 (6.8)5.5 (5.5)4.9 (5.6)6.47.586.266.45
Students Entering with Bachelor's7.2 (6.9)5.5(5.59)5.1 (6.1)--7.586.287
 Students Entering with Master's5.1 (6.9)*4.5 (4.5)----61
No. Who Completed in Less than 5 Years0010000
No. Who Completed in 5 Years2221222
No. Who Completed in 6 Years3425093
No. Who Completed in 7 Years2010211
No. Who Completed in More than 7 Years2021722

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

 

Table 6: Program Costs 2011-2012

Program Costs2011-12
 Full-time Tuition (Ohio Residents)*$10,168
 Full-time Tuition (Out of State Residents)*$17,476
 Part-time Student per Credit Fees (Ohio Residents)$483
 Part-time Student per Credit Fees (Out of State Residents)$788
 General Fee per Creidt Fee**$59
 Additional Fees **$115

* Students accepted into the program full-time on assistantship receive a tuition scholarship.  We currently do not enroll part-time students.

** Students are responsible for paying these fees.

Table 7: Professional Licensure Ph.D. Graduates from 2003-2009.

Ph.D. Graduates between 2003-200956
Graduates who do not plan to pursue licensure*4 (7%)
Graduates who are in the process of completing licensure requirements19 (34%)
Graduates who are currently licensed30 (54%)
Unknown licensure status3 (5%)

*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).