Application Deadlines

March 1 for fall admission

Applications should be received by March 1st for priority consideration. We accept only one cohort each year, to begin in the fall semester. All applicants must meet the criteria listed below to be considered for admission.

Competitive Applicants

Acceptance into the concentration is competitive. For the upcoming fall semester, applicants to the clinical psychology concentration need a minimum

• GRE Verbal score of 142,
• GRE Quantitative score of 142,
• 4.0 Analytic Writing,
• an earned undergraduate degree
• a minimum of 18 hours of psychology coursework (usually six classes) including statistics or research methods (3 hrs), abnormal (preferred) or personality psychology (3 hrs)
• overall Grade Point Average of 2.75, and
• a Psychology Grade Point Average of 3.00.

Applicants with scores below the above cutoffs cannot be considered. We do not have conditional admissions. Selection is competitive and most successful students are well above the minimum criteria.

Applicants will be required to complete an affidavit that certifies that they have not been charged with or convicted of a felony offense. Accepted students with assistantships will undergo a criminal background check. It will be completed during the first semester of graduate study at the applicant's expense. Students failing the background check could be dismissed from the program.

Selection is competitive and our class size is limited.

Admission Materials