Ph.D. Program in Counseling Psychology
Disclosure
- Information for applicants to our APA-accredited Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program
- Time To Completion
- Time to Completion for Graduates 2005-2011
- Program Costs
- Graduate School Tuition Rates for 2011-12
- Financial Support
- 2011-12 Academic Year funding status for all current students
- Pre-Doctoral Qualifying Examinations Status
- Completed Doctoral Qualifying Examinations, not yet on internship
- Pre-doctoral Interns
- All But Dissertation (ABD) Status
- Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowship in support of future academic leaders
- Internships
- Student Attrition From Program
- Median GRE scores for students admitted into the Counseling Psychology program 2005-2011
- Program Graduates' Licensure Status
Information for applicants to our APA-accredited Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program.
Our Ph.D. program in Counseling Psychology (COPS) at Marquette University was established in 1994 and began matriculating students in that year. The program was initially accredited by the American Psychological Association in 2002. The COPS program was re-accredited in 2005, with the next site visit scheduled in 7 years (2012; the longest time period granted for a re-accreditation visit).
Time To Completion
American Psychological Association directive: In their public materials, programs should provide the mean and the median number of years that students have taken to complete the program from the time of program entrance. These data should be provided for all graduates over the past seven years. Where applicable, these measures should be provided separately for students who began the program as bachelor level graduates and those who began with advanced standing (e.g., after having completed a separate master's program in psychology). The program should also provide the percentage of students completing the program in fewer than five years, five years, six years, seven years, and more than seven years.
Time to Completion for Graduates 2005 - 2011
| Graduates Admitted with Bachelors Degree (n=15) |
Time to Completion |
|---|---|
| Mean | 7.33 years (SD=1.676) |
| Median | 7.0 years Range 5-11 |
| Percent completing in less than 5 years | 0% (n =0) |
| Percent completing in 5 years | 13.33% (n=2) |
| Percent completing in 6 years | 20% (n=3) |
| Percent completing in 7 years | 26.67% (n=4) |
| Percent completing in more than 7 years | 40% (n=6) |
| Graduates Admitted with Masters Degree (n=28) |
Time to Completion |
| Mean | 6.535 years (SD=1.95) |
| Median | 6.0 years Range 4-10 |
| Percent completing in less than 5 years | 14.29% (n = 4) |
| Percent completing in 5 years | 25% (n=7) |
| Percent completing in 6 years | 17.85% (n=5) |
| Percent completing in 7 years | 10.71% (n=3) |
| Percent completing in more than 7 years | 32.14% (n=9) |
Program Costs
American Psychological Association directive: Programs are expected to make available the costs (i.e., tuition and fees) per student for the current first year cohort. This information should include full time student tuition, tuition per credit hour for part time students, and any fees assessed to students beyond tuition costs. Programs may also provide information regarding current adjustments to tuition including, but not limited to: financial aid, grants, loans, tuition remission, assistantships, and fellowships.
Graduate School Tuition Rates for 2011 - 2012
College of Education - Counseling Psychology $705 per credit
Fees. Compared to many institutions, relatively few fees are assessed by Marquette University above and beyond the tuition costs.
| CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT FEES* | |
|---|---|
| *Applicable to all graduate programs | |
| Part Time | $100.00 |
| Full Time | $100.00 |
| SERVICES FEES | |
| Application Fee | $50.00 |
| Diploma Mailing Fee - Domestic | $10.00 |
| Diploma Mailing Fee - International | $15.00 |
| Doctoral Dissertation Publication Fee | $75.00 |
| Examination, Comprehensive | $45.00 |
| Examination, Marquette Foreign Language Test, for each attempt beyond the first | $15.00 |
| Examination, Special or Delayed | $25.00 |
| Late Payment Fee (per month) | 1% (12% APR) |
| Readmission Fee | $100.00 |
| Master's Thesis Binding Fee | $25.00 |
| TRANSCRIPT FEES | |
| Per Transcript | $3.00 |
| Immediate Service (Per Transcript) | $10.00 |
| Additional charge per international transcript | $1.00 |
Financial Support
In recent years most of the new full-time students in our doctoral program have been supported by a part-time research assistantship through the department or centers affiliated with our department. Scholarships and fellowships have also helped support some additional students. We will not know the number of assistantships that will be available to next year's students until our admissions offers are sent out to students in the middle of the spring semester. A variety of fellowships and other possibilities are also available for our students. For more information, see:
http://www.marquette.edu/grad/finaid_index.shtml
Most of the scholarships and assistantships that we offer
students in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling
Psychology go to doctoral students. We have two scholarships
open only to current students within the department: Adelaide
and Herbert Booz Scholarship in Neuropsychology, and the
Janz Scholarship. A small percentage of our students decline
assistantships to pursue outside employment.
We currently (September 2011) have 23 active students in our
counseling psychology doctoral program. These students are
in various stages of the program. Below, the funding status
is broken down by stage in the program.
2011 - 12 Academic Year funding status for all current students (n =23)
| Status in Program | Total Receiving Funding | ¼ time RA | ½ time RA | ¼ time RA + Fellowship | Fellow- ship |
Intern- ship Funded |
Intern- ship non-Funded |
External Employ- ment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 cohort 2011-12 | 100% (3/3) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | 0 |
| Year 2 cohort 2010-11 | 100% (3/3) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA | 0 |
| Year 3 cohort 2009-10 | 100% (4/4) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA | 0 |
| Year 4 cohort 2008-09 | 100% (3/3) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | NA | 0 |
| Year 5 cohort 2007-08 | 50%* (1/2) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA | 0 |
| Year 6 cohort 2006-07 | 100% (6/6) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA | 5 |
| Year 7 cohort 2005-06 | 100% (4/4) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | NA | 1 |
| TOTAL | 96% (24/25) |
7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | NA | 6 |
| Pre-DQE | 93% (14/15) |
7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA | 2 |
| Post-DQE Pre-internship | 100% (4/4) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 4 |
| Current Interns | 100% (6/6) all in internships; 5 of 6 in APA accredited funded internships | |||||||
| All but Dissertation | All are externally employed | |||||||
PDQE = Portfolio Doctoral Qualifying Examination
RA = Research Assistantship
TA = Teaching Assistantship
¼ time Research Assistantship = typically - 10 months, 10 hrs per week
Average stipend = $6600 per year
Average tuition scholarship = 18 credits per year
½ time Research Assistantship = typically - 10 months, 20 hrs per week
Average stipend $13,285 per year
*All who sought funding received it
Pre-doctoral Interns*
Six students are currently on internship. Five of six interns are in funded positions.
*All students must complete PDQEs and propose their dissertation prior to applying for internship
Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowship in support of future academic leaders
COPS Schmitt Fellows:| David Phelps | 2011-12 |
| Michael Martinez | 2010-11 |
| Rose Lucey | 2009-10 |
| Shauna Fuller & Sara Hegerty | 2008-09 |
| Jessica Thull | 2007-08 |
| Augustine Kalameera | 2006-07 |
| Julie Jackson | 2005-06 |
| Nathan Pruitt | 2004-05 |
| Michael Madson | 2003-04 |
| Lee Hildebrand | 2000-01 |
| Bonnie Nicholson | 1999-00 |
| Margie Jacques | 1997-98 |
For more information regarding the Schmitt Fellowship:
Internships
American Psychological Association directive: Programs are expected to provide data for at least the most recent seven years of graduates showing their success in obtaining internships. These data should show the number and percentage of students in the following categories:
- Number of students who sought or applied for internships
- Number and percent of total who obtained internships
- Number and percent of total who obtained paid internships
- Number and percent of total who obtained APA/CPA-accredited internships
- Number and percent of total who obtained non-accredited, APPIC member internships
- Number and percent of total who obtained non-accredited, other membership organization internships***
NOTE: In calculating the percentages, the program must use the total number of students who sought or applied for internship in each year.
| Year of application | Number of Applicants | Obtained Internship | Funded | APA-Accredited Internship | APPIC Member Internship | 1-year full-time Internship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6*** | 5 ( 83%) | 5 ( 83%) | 5 ( 83%) | 5 ( 83%) | 5 ( 83%) |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 ( 78%) | 7 ( 78%) | 7 ( 78%) | 7 ( 78%) | 7 ( 78%) |
| 2009 | 7 | 6 (86%) | 6 (86%) | 6 (86%) | 6 (86%) | 6 (86%) |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 (100%) | 7 (100%) | 7 (100%) | 7 (100%) | 7 (100%) |
| 2006 | 4 * | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) | 2 (50%) | 3 (66%) | 4 (100%) |
| 2005 | 6 ** | 6 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 3 (50%) | 4 (66%) | 6 (100%) |
* One applicant chose not participate in the APPIC Match and secured an internship at a local clinic. Per our program policy - at minimum, all internships must meet APPIC standards.
** One applicant did not match in the APPIC Match - this applicant was selected for a local internship and was subsequently hired into a post-doctoral position at the site.
***One student did not match in the APPIC match, and because of geographic restrictions will be completing an internship at a local hospital. Per program policy, all internships must at least meet APPIC standards.
Student Attrition From Program
American Psychological Association directive: Programs
are expected to report the number and percentage of students
who have failed to complete the program once matriculated.
These data should be calculated by dividing the number
of matriculated students who have left the program for
any reason by the total number of students matriculated
in the program. These data should be provided for all
students who have left the program in the last seven years
or for all students who have left since the program became
initially accredited, whichever time period is shorter.
Withdrawals since APA-accreditation in 2005 - 2011
| Year of fist enrollment | Number of students enrolled | Number and percentage who graduated with doctorate | Number and percentage of students still enrolled in program | Number and percentage of students no longer enrolled for any reason other than graduation |
| 2005 | 9 | 2 / 22% | 5 / 56% | 2 / 22% |
| 2006 | 6 | 1 / 17% | 5 / 83% | 0 / 0% |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 / 0% | 2 / 100% | 0 / 0% |
| 2008 | 4 | 0/ 0% | 3 / 75% | 1 / 25% |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 / 0% | 4 / 100% | 0 / 0% |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 / 0% | 3 / 100% | 0 / 0% |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 / 0% | 3 / 100% | 0 / 0% |
Median GRE scores for students admitted into the Counseling Psychology program 2005 - 2012
| Year | Median GRE Verbal | Median GRE Quantitative | Median GRE Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | 640 | 650 | 4.5 |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 590 | 4.0 |
| 2009-10 | 470 | 553 | 4.5 |
| 2008-09 | 487 | 513 | 4.5 |
| 2007-08 | 526 | 536 | 4.5 |
| 2006-07 | 520 | 660 | 5.0 |
| 2005-06 | 681 | 630 | NA* |
*Not available for all applicants - Now required.
Program Graduates' Licensure Status
Number of program graduates 2001-2011 = 64
Number of program graduates 2009-2011 = 22
Number of program graduates 2001-2009 who are licensed = 22
Licensure percentage = 52%
