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The University of Montana
Department of Psychology
Skaggs Building Room 143
Missoula, MT 59812-1584
Email: PsychologyDepartment@
umontana.edu

(406) 243-4521 office
(406) 243-6366 fax

 


Clinical Program: Program Student Data


Applicant Data For those Seeking Admission in year*
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 2004 2005 2006
2007-2008

 

2008-2009

Number of Applicants
111
121
118
84
116
136 153 168 142 112 108
Number Accepted for Admission
13
13
11
11
9
9 12 5 11 11 12
Actual Size of Incoming Class
6
6
5
7
7
7 8 5 7 5 7
Number of Incoming Students Receiving Financial Aid and/or Assistantships**
5
6
5
7
6
4 8 5

4

(100% offered some form of support)

4

5

(as of 7/2009)


  * To begin program the following Fall

** Includes both Assistantships with partial tuition and fee waiver, and other positions without fee waivers.

Of Those Accepted For Admission In*
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 2005 2006-2007 2007-2008

2008-2009

GRE-Verbal: Average Score
533
575
594
585
593
523
555 550 510 598 517
GRE-Verbal: Median Score
560
560
620
580
585
520
565 580 520 600 540
GRE-Quantitative: Average Score
557
580
578
560
650
554
601 586 625 701 573
GRE-Quantitative: Median Score
550
595
580
550
590
600
605 600 630 710 630
GRE-Psychology subject test: Average Score
606
646
673
672
632
632
610 643 596 668 639
GRE-Psychology subject test: Median Score
600
640
680
650
670
650
610 670 595 680 660
Average Undergraduate GPA
3.54
3.74
3.38
3.74
3.39
3.42
3.44 3.47 3.24 3.55 3.48

Average Graduate GPA

(students entering with MA)

--

(n=1)

--

(n=0)

--

(n=1)

--

(n=1)

--

(n=1)

--

(n=1)

3.93 (n=3)

--

(n=1)

3.87

(n =3

3.68 (n =3)

3.93 ( n = 3, 1 from ungraded program)

* To begin program the following Fall
 

Applicants for Internship
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 Fall, 2008
Number of Total Applicants
5
5
5
5
8
2
4 4 9 6 4
Number Accepted on APPIC "Match Day"
5
5
4
4
7
2
4 4 9 6 2
Number Accepted After APPIC "Match Day"
0
0
0
0
1
0
0 0 0 0

1

Number accepted at Accredited Sites
5
5
4
4
8
2
4 4 9 6 3
Number accepted at Funded Positions
5
5
4
4
8
2
4 4 9 6 3
Full-time Internships 5 5 4 4 8 2 4 4 9 6 3

 
Outcomes
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008-09
Percentage of Students Presenting papers/posters
24
38
31
42
50
50
56 57 51 64 51
Percentage of Students Publishing in Professional Publications
7
15
14
19
6
8
28 27 28 40 32

Completing the Ph.D.

Graduation Year

Graduation Outcomes

Degree at
admission

1999-
2000

2000-
2001

2001-
2002

2002-
2003

2003-
2004

2004-
2005

2005-
2006

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

Number of Students
Completing Ph.D.

BA/BS*

1

3

5

6

2

5

2

3 6 6

MA/MS**

0

0

2

2

0

1

1

1 1 1

All students

1

3

7

8

2

6

3

4 7 7

Years to Completion:
Mean

BA/BS

7.0

7.3

6.4

7.1

6.0

8.0

6.5

6.7 6.0 6.7

MA/MS

--

--

6.0

5.5

--

5.0

5.0

5.0 4.0 4.0

All students

7.0

7.3

6.3

6.7

6.0

7.5

6.0

6.3 5.7 6.3

Years to Completion:
Median

BA/BS

7.0

7.0

6.0

7.0

6.0

9.0

6.5

7 6.0 6.0

MA/MS

--

--

6.0

5.5

--

5.0

5.0

5.0 4.0 4.0

All students

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

7.5

6.0

6.5 6.0 6.0
                       

Number of students who took 5 or fewer years to complete Ph.D.

BA/BS

--

--

1

1

--

--

--

-- 1 1

MA/MS

--

--

1

1

--

1

1

1 1 1

All students

--

--

2 (28.6%)

2 (25%)

--

1 (16.7%)

1 (33.3%)

1 (25%)

2 (29%)

2 (19%)

Number of students who took 6 years to complete Ph.D.

BA/BS

--

1

2

1

2

2

1

1 4 3

MA/MS

--

--

--

1

--

--

--

-- 0 0

All students

--

1 (33.3%)

2 (28.6%)

2 (25%)

2 (100%)

2 (33.3%)

1 (33.3%)

1 (25%)

4 (57%) 3 (43%)

Number of students who took 7 years to complete Ph.D.

BA/BS

1

1

1

2

--

--

1

2 1 --

MA/MS

--

--

1

--

--

--

--

-- 0 --

All students

1 (100%)

1 (33.3%)

2 (28.6%)

2 (25%)

--

--

1 (33.3%)

2 (50%)

1 (14%) --

Number of Students who took 8 or more years to complete Ph.D.

BA/BS

--

1

1

2

--

3

--

-- -- 2

MA/MS

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

-- -- 0

All students

-

1 (33.3%)

1 (14.3%)

2 (25%)

--

3 (50%)

--

-- -- 2 (29%)


*BA/BS = entering with a Bachelor's degree or with a Master's degree without equivalent thesis/project.
** MA/MS = students entering with a Psychology Master's degree, with accepted empirical thesis/project.

Summer graduation is counted with the preceding academic year.

Years to completion includes pre-doctoral internship.

Summary of Time to Ph.D. (2002-2009)

Number of students who took

Total Graduates (total n = 37 )

4 years to complete Ph.D.
2 (5.4%)

5 years to complete Ph.D.

7 (18.9%)

6 years to complete Ph.D.

15 (40.5%)

7 years to complete Ph.D.

6 (16.2%)

8 years or more years to complete Ph.D.

7 (18.9%)

Overall time to complete Ph.D., 2002-2009. Means: Students with BA/BA, 6.8 years; students with MA/MS, 4.9 Years. Medians: Students with BA/BA, 6.0 years; Students with MA/MS, 5.0 Years.

Program Attrition: Of the 45 students who entered the Clinical Doctoral Program between Fall, 2003, and Fall, 2009, 4 left the program without completing the Ph.D. (Attrition rate = 8.9%). See table below.

Year of enrollment in program

Number enrolled

Number graduated with doctorate

Number still currently enrolled

Number no longer enrolled

2003

7

1

5

1

2004

8

1

6

1

2005

5

0

5

0

2006

6

0

6

0

2007 7 0 5 2
2008 5 0 5 0
2009 7 0 7 0

 

Click here for older data: Summary of Time to Ph.D. (1999-2009) and Attrition tables

 

Theses, Research Projects, Dissertations, 2000-2008; Internship Sites, 2000-2007

Licensure outcomes (information still being updated as of 11/2009):

Of the 33 students graduating between 1999-2000 and 2006-2007, licensure information is currently available from all 33. Of these graduates, 28 have been licensed as Psychologists and 5 have not.

Thus, 84.8% of these graduates have achieved Licensure as Psychologists.

Estimates of tuition and fee Information (2009-2010):

For a full-time non-resident student enrolling in the Ph.D. program, the following is an estimate of the charges per semester:

Tuition and fees per semester Health insurance Total tuition + fees (inludes health insurance), per semester
$10,236.30 736.00 $10,972.30

Some students receive Teaching Assistantships that come with a partial fee waiver. For 2009-2010, TA-ships pay between $14,000 and $14,800 per year and also include a partial fee waiver.

In this case, charges per semester are as follows:

Total tuition + fees (inludes health insurance), per smester Tuition fee (A) Non-resident turiton fee (B) Total of the partial fee waiver (A + B) Cost to student, per semester
$10,972.30 2,575,20 6,885.60 9,460.80 $1,511.50

For additional information see:

Brief Graduate School fee information (with links)

Detailed fee tables (scoll down to section for "Advanced Level graduate students")

Other tuition and fee information (2009-2010)