Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data

Time of Program Completion

Percentage of Students Completing the Program in Given Numbers of Years

Minority Recruitment

We welcome applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds. Currently, 18.2% of our clinical doctoral students represent Asian, African American, and Hispanic heritages. Memphis itself is a highly diverse city, giving our students exceptional opportunities to develop clinical skills with minority clients. In addition, many of our clinical faculty members are specifically interested in minority populations; thus, students have a range of opportunities to collaborate on research addressing diversity.

Yearly Program Costs

All clinical doctoral students in good standing receive a minimum of 4 years of assistantship support.  (In recent years we have also been able to offer assistantships to students in their 5th year of training as well.) These assistantships require approximately 20 hours of work a week, which may involve research, clinical skills, teaching, or departmental service.

We make every effort to provide assistantship arrangements that are consistent with our program’s training goals. For example, current assistantships include clinical training at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a private psychological practice, a local psychiatric hospital, and a facility that provides evaluations for children with rare handicapping conditions. Research assistantships include working at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with staff in psychology, or working on the many grants held by our program’s faculty. Recent grants addressed topics such as the treatment of PTSD, alcoholism, gambling behavior, and pediatrician advice to parents against smoking.  We encourage applicants to ask about current assistantship opportunities, as they change frequently.

 Students without Master’s Degrees currently receive $12,000 annually for their assistantship, and those with Master’s Degrees receive $13,000 annually.  In addition, students supported by assistantships currently have their tuition waived (both in-state and out-of-state).  Thus, tuition costs are covered for students in good standing who are supported on our assistantship program. For students who remain in the program beyond their supported years, tuition averages $4,806.00 per semester.

In addition to assistantships and tuition waivers, our students have been successful in winning a variety of  fellowships and awards.  Further information about these opportunities is available here.

Internship Data

Attrition Data

Licensure Outcomes

Incoming Student Data