Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program

• To train psychologists who specialize as counseling psychologists.
• To train counseling psychologists who are multiculturally competent, and are prepared to work as psychologists within an urban context.
• To train psychological scientists who will contribute to and/or apply their scientific knowledge base using qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies.

Program Completion Time and Attrition Rate: The Counseling Psychology program has graduated 44 students since 1998. The mean time of completion for these 44 graduates is 6.2 years. There are currently 42 students in the program. Since 1999 there have been 5 students who have not completed the program once matriculated.

Counseling Psychology Student Association (CPSA):
The Counseling Psychology Student Association was formed in 2005 for all doctoral students in the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program. CPSA exists to fulfill three basic functions for its members: 1) student advocacy 2) professional development 3) socialization/peer-to-peer mentorship. Members are very active, both in the program and at the national level (e.g., ACA, APA, APAGS). Elections of officers are held annually. All students are encouraged to become members. You may click here for more information.

Internships:We have enjoyed great success in matching our students with approved internships. Since 1999, there have been 45 students who have gone through the matching process, and 39 of them received approved APA or APPIC placements, while remaining students completed non-accredited internships. This is a match rate of 86%.

Student Support and Costs:Doctoral students are eligible to apply for research and project assistantships and fellowships through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Educational Psychology Doctoral Program and the Graduate School. Students in the Counseling Psychology program are funded through a variety of mechanisms, including teaching and research assistantships in the School of Education, through faculty grants, and in other departments at UWM. For the 2008-2009 academic year of full-time study, the tuition for in state residents was $9,604.16. For out of state residents the tuition was $23,629.92. Mandatory student fees are $388.10 per semester.

**Stipends for Teaching or Research assistantships above a 33% time include tuition remission, which includes in-state or out-of-state rates. Stipends for an academic year (9 month) appointment for 2009-10 are $13,189 for 50% assistantships and $8,705 for 33% assistantships. During the 2009-10 academic year, the following table indicates the type of support given to each cohort of students. Students are eligible for assistantships funded through the School of Education for three years, thus after the 3rd year in the program, students seek assistantships through faculty grants or off-campus sources.

Licensure:

The Program has an excellent record with regards to graduates successfully obtaining a license to practice psychology. Recent records (from initial accreditation through 2006), for example, indicate that the average raw score on the EPPP obtained by our graduates was 154, which roughly translates to a scaled score of 570 (where 500 is required to pass). Of those graduates seeking licensure, 92% successfully complete the process.