Time to Completion
The Ph.D. Program can be completed in 5 years if students begin a program of research early in the program, do not choose to do an APA-approved internship (unless it is in a school) and complete the doctoral certification requirements (research methods examination, theoretical paper, and empirical paper) by the 4th year of the program. Typically, most coursework (including practica, fieldwork and externship) is completed by the end of the third year, if the student does one externship. The fourth and fifth years are devoted to the dissertation and internship. The program can be completed in 5.5 years with an APA-Approved Internship. See Table 1a for the doctoral curriculum and Table 1b for approved general psychology courses.
Over the last 7 years (2006-2012) 37 students have completed the program. The mean time to completion is 6.7 years, the median is 6.5 and the mode is 5. Completion rates are as follows: | Time to Completion of all Ph.D Degree Requirements By Academic Year |
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| Year |
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| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Total |
Number
of students | Graduating with Ph.D | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
| Completing Ph.D requirements
less than 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Completing Ph.D requirements
in 5 years | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Completing Ph.D requirements
in 6 years | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Completing Ph.D requirements
in 7 years | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Completing Ph.D requirements
in 8 years | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Completing Ph.D requirements
in more than 8 years | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Mean years of Completion of Ph.D degree requirements | 8.38 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 5.66 | 7.66 | 5.94 |
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