Are these good PsyD programs?

[mandyjoy]

When I say "good" I mean fully funded or at least reasonable tuition. I already checked the other stats. Here is the list I compiled, please let me know if I missed any or if any should be taken out:


Loyalo College in Maryland

Rutgers University

Baylor University

University of Indianapolis

Idiana University of Pennsylvania

Widener University

Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology

Marywood University

Pepperdine University

Loma Linda University

Yeshiva University

Wright State University

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[fallen625]

Rutgers and Baylor are very highly regarded; I believe Virginia Consortium is now a PhD program. I believe that Rutgers gives all first years very generous financial aid, and Baylor is the only fully funded PsyD. I am not sure about the rest.

 

[psychCT]

Loyola Maryland is not funded and is north of 20k per year

 

[WisNeuro]

Look at APPIC match and EPPP pass stats, if either is below 80%, I'd look for something else. Personally, I would also not accept anything that wasn't fully funded, but that's just me.

 

[LPPSYD]

Marywood is very minimally funded (GA position that covers half tuition with stipend for one year). Nothing to write home about. Tuition is only reasonable compared to other private schools. Isn't all this information on the schools' websites?

 

[rugox]

Look at APPIC match and EPPP pass stats, if either is below 80%, I'd look for something else. Personally, I would also not accept anything that wasn't fully funded, but that's just me.

This. I would not accept any program without funding.

 

[mcvcm92]

I've heard Yeshiva's funding isn't great.

 

[modestmousktr]

Pepperdine is really well respected by the general public in California because they have a good law school, the name is prestigious, but I don't think that flies for internship or jobs- their match rate looks subpar and I don't think it is funded. I personally know many excellent clinicians who have come out of the program, so you can build a career with it, but it's not as safe internship wise, or cost effective, as Baylor or Rutgers 🙂 again, I am very very fond of all of the knowledgable and research-oriented clinicians I know from Pepperdine, I still can't say I've met a single Antioch or Alliant or Argosy or whatever research mill Psy.D. grad though, so I think that says something about where they get hired (or that they don't :\)


Editing to add Loma Linda:
I know a prodigious PI at a top university who got her Ph.D. from Loma Linda, and a professor that adjuncts at some lower-tier universities as well. The PI was able to get NIH Loan Repayment, but that being said, I think she had over 150k in loans, and that was for their Ph.D. program, which I think has more funding than Psy.D. programs. I honestly thought she was sort of an anomaly, because, like Pepperdine, the match rates aren't great and the program is unfunded. The cool part is that they have a hospital, if you're into health psych-y stuff. Not sure how much collaboration there is.

For clinical doctoral programs- if it's in California and it's not a UC, don't go unless you're lookin' to get into some heavy debt.

 

[KillerDiller]

People sometimes confuse University of Indianapolis with Indiana State. Of the two, Indiana State has the better program. I do not believe U Indianapolis provides funding, and their APA internship match rate is low.

 

[bcliff]

For clinical doctoral programs- if it's in California and it's not a UC, don't go unless you're lookin' to get into some heavy debt.

Don't forget USC - Not part of the UC system, but still a top notch program!

 

[modestmousktr]

Don't forget USC - Not part of the UC system, but still a top notch program!

Yes, USC is excellent! And verryyyy generously funded, I think their stipend was the highest of all Ph.D. programs I investigated.

 

[AnastasiaRose]

PsyD programs are, as a rule, not fully funded. The exception to that is Baylor. However, Baylor is one of the top 2 programs in the PsyD world (the other is Rutgers) and therefore very competitive. Plus, they only extend offers to 6-8 of their hundreds of applicants, while other PsyD programs may accept 30 or more for an incoming class size of 20+. Indiana State University is the one other PsyD program I know of with a small incoming class size (also about 8) and that program is well funded in comparison to the rest. Tuition is extremely low to begin with and the program is often able to give 50% tuition waivers. Other schools may offer one student per incoming cohort a full tuition waiver. Most PsyD students are funded by loans.

 

[ltj999]

Loyola Maryland is not funded and is north of 20k per year

I'm a student at Loyola's program and we are not funded. Tuition is just over 20k a year with some option for some minimal/moderate funding depending on your interests also year in the program.

Students have been pretty happy with the program, our match rate this year was 95%, and we usually aim for an incoming class size of between 9ish to 12ish max. I can't give you specific numbers for our average match rate over the past number of years off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure it hovers around high 80's to low 90's.

Shoot me a pm if you have any other specific questions, I would be happy to give you some more info.