School Psychology Program

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1 School Psychology Program Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data Education Outcomes "Domain G of the Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology (G&P) requires that doctoral graduate programs provide potential students, current students and the public with accurate information on the program and on program expectations. This information is meant to describe the program accurately and completely, using the most up-to-date data on education and training outcomes, and be presented in a manner that allows applicants to make informed decisions about entering the program." (Commission on Accreditation, March 0)

2 Time to Completion Mean and median number of years that students have taken to complete the program from the time of program entrance. Time to Completion for students entering the program with a bachelor's degree Year Totals Total number of students with doctoral degree conferred on transcript Mean number of years to complete the program Median number of years to complete the program Time to Degree Ranges N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) Students in less than 5 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) years Students in 5 years 0 (0) (40) (50) (67) 9 (56) Students in 6 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) (06) Students in 7 years 0 (0) (50) 0 (0) 0 (0) (0) (50) (33) 4 (5) Students in > 7 years 0 (0) (50) 0(0) 0 (0) (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) (3)

3 Time to Completion for students entering the program with advanced degree Year Totals Total number of students with doctoral degree conferred on transcript Mean number of years to complete the program Median number of years to complete the program Time to Degree Ranges N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (&) N (%) Students in less than 5 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) (50) 4 (80) Students in 5 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Students in 6 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Students in 7 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Students in > 7 years 0 (0) 0 (0) 0(0) 0 (0) 0 (0) (50) 0 (0) (0)

4 Program Costs Current Program costs (i.e., tuition and fees) per student are provided on the University of Rhode Island web site at the following address: Annual Full-Time Costs for Tuition and Required Fees: (Kingston Enrollment) Graduate (9-5 credits) Tuition Instate Outstate Regional Cost $,53.00 $3, $7,98.00 Registration Fee $60.00 Health Services Fee $ Technology Fee $8.00 Student Services Fee $ Acc/Sick Insurance Fee (may be waived)* Total Instate Outstate Regional $, ($,65.00 for Spring only) Cost $4, $6,9.00 $0,63.00

5 Internships The following Table provides information regarding our students' success in obtaining internships over the past seven years. These data show the number of students in the following categories: The number who applied to internships The number who obtained paid internships The number who obtained APPlC member internships The number who obtained APA/CPA accredited internships The number who obtained internships conforming to Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs (CDSPP) guidelines (School Psychology only) The number who obtained two-year, half-time internships Student Internship Data For academic years: Number of students who applied for internships Number (%) of students applying, who obtained internships Number (%) of students applying, who obtained APA/CPA accredited internships *Number (%) of students applying, who obtained internships conforming to (50) (50) 0 (0) (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

6 CDSPP guidelines that were not APA/CPA accredited Number (%) of total who obtained paid internships Number of total who obtained half-time internships All doctoral internships completed by students in our program conform to the Internship Guidelines of the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs.

7 Attrition The following Table provides the number and percentage of students who have failed to complete the program once matriculated: For academic years: Students for whom this is the first year of enrollment (i.e., new students) Students whose doctoral degrees were conferred on their transcripts Students still enrolled in the program Students no longer enrolled for any reason other than conferral of doctoral degree Attrition Data (67) (40) (4) (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) (33) 3 (60) 3 (4) 5 (83) 8 4 (80) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) (0)

8 Licensure * Outcome 00 to 0 Total number of students with doctoral degrees conferred on 30 transcript in time period Number of students with doctoral degrees conferred on 3 transcripts who became licensed doctoral psychologists in time period Licensure percentage 43% * Note on Licensure From 00 to 0 the Program graduated 30 doctoral students. Of these, 3 graduates (43%) have obtained licensure as a psychologist. While a licensure rate of 43% of our graduates over the past 0 years may appear to be a moderate rate, it should be noted that our program and curriculum prepare interested graduates to take the national psychology licensure exam and to qualify as State board licensed psychologists. Further, it should be noted that according to information published by the Association of State and Provincial Licensing Boards ( ocprgm.pdf) the pass rate for our graduates taking the exam since 006 is 9%. Yet, as with many school psychology doctoral programs our program is focused on the provision of psychological services in pre-school through secondary level public school settings rather than in clinic, medical, or independent practice settings. We believe our graduates moderate rate of psychology licensure may be due to a focus on working in school settings. Such work typically requires a separate State Department of Education school psychologist credential, and psychology board licensure is usually not accepted as a means for obtaining such a credential. All of our graduates are eligible for obtaining State Department of Education credentials as school psychologists, and virtually all of them hold such credentials in one or more states. In addition, the majority of our graduates also have obtained the Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) credential. Potential applicants to our program who wish to eventually become board licensed psychologists should be aware that our program can and does provide appropriate support for achieving this professional goal for each student in the program.