School PsyD Additional Outcomes

Retention Rate

Students in the School PsyD program retain in the program at high rates. The one-year retention rate for those entering the School PsyD program in Falls 2017 and 2018 was 80% (4/5). This program is being phased out. The last entering cohort was in Fall 2018.

Methodology: Retention rate is calculated as new students who enrolled in a Fall term of one academic year and came back the subsequent Fall term, e.g. retention rate = (Fall 2018)/(Fall 2017). When the program length is one year or less, semester to semester retention is calculated, e.g., retention rate = (Spring 2019)/(Fall 2018).


Graduation Rate and Time to Degree

The School PsyD program length is 5 years. The 150% graduation rate for the most recent four graduating cohorts was 84% (32/38). The average time to degree for these cohorts was 58 months.

Methodology: Those starting in Fall 2010 through Spring 2014 were the most recent four graduating cohort who would complete their degree within 150% of time. Time to degree in months is calculated by subtracting start date of the student from the date the degree was completed or conferred and reported in average months. 150% Graduation rate is calculated for full-time and part-time students combined; The 150% graduation rate is calculated by taking students who enrolled in Fall and Spring terms of one academic year (starting cohort) and graduated within 150% of the program length, e.g., 7.5 years.


Licensure

School PsyD alumni have high EPPP passage rates. For example, 75% (3/4) of alumni from the classes of 2017-18 through 2019-20 passed.

Source: Alumni Survey 2021. Valid percentages are reported.


Job Placement

Most School PsyD alumni find jobs within the first year after graduation. For example, 94.7% (18/19) of alumni from the classes of 2017-18 through 2020-21 found a job in the first year after graduation.

Source: Alumni Survey 2021. Valid percentages are reported.


Salary

91% of alumni in the PsyD in School Psychology program earn between $75,000 and $200,000 five years post-graduation, with 50% earning $100,000 to $125,000 and 16% earning $125,000 to $200,000. The majority (77%) of those, two to four years post-graduation, earn between $75,000 and $150,000, with 8% earning $125,000 to $150,000. Within one-year post-graduation, 100% earn between $50,000 and $100,000, with 67% earning $75,000 to $100,000.

Source: Alumni Survey 2021. Valid percentages are reported.