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College of Education & Human Development Educational Psychology CSPP

Educational Psychology - CSPP
250 Education Sciences Building - 56 East River Road - Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Tel: 612-624-6827 - Fax: 612-624-8241

CSPP education and training outcomes

The following CSPP education and training outcomes are provided for prospective applicants to learn as much as possible about our program in order to make informed choices.

1. Time to completion
 

Time to completion for graduates in 2001 - 2007 Students who began with an M.A. Students who began with a B.A.
Number of students completing 30 3
Mean time to completion (median) 6.7 (6.0) years 12.7 (13.0) years
Completion in fewer than five years 3 (10%) students 0 (0%) students
Completion in five years 5 (16.7%) students 0 (0%) students
Completion in six years 12 (40%) students 0 (0%) students
Completion in seven years 3 (10%) students 0 (0%) students
Completion in more than seven years 7 (23.3%) students 3 (100%) students

2. Program costs

The costs of attending the University of Minnesota per year are as follows:

Program costs
2007-2008		 Resident of Minnesota Nonresident
Full-time tuition 9,748.00 16,838.00
Tuition per credit 811.67 1403.17
Mandatory fees 888.20 888.20

All incoming doctoral students for fall 2007 who entered with an M.A. received funding in the form of a graduate assistantship or fellowship. This included a tuition waiver and a stipend (9-month assistantship = $11,678; fellowship = $22,000). Students with assistantships and fellowships pay only the mandatory student fees.

Funding for first year Ph.D. students in 2007 # with an assistantship # with a fellowship
Entered with M.A. 3 (60%) 2 (40%)

3. Internships

CSPP students have an extremely solid record of competing successfully for pre-doctoral internship positions. Students who are unsuccessful are typically faced with personal/family situations that restrict them to apply only locally. Students who had to reapply were all (100%) offered positions the second year they applied.

Internship outcomes 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Past
7 years
Number of students who applied for internships 6 7 6 5 5 6 8 43
Number of students who obtained internships 4 (66.7%) 7 (100%) 4 (66.7%) 5 (100%) 5 (100%) 6 (100%) 8 (100%) 39 (90.7%)
Number of students who obtained paid internships  4 (100%)  7 (100%)  4 (100%)  5 (100%)  5 (100%)  6 (100%)  7 (87.5%)  38 (97.4%)
Number of students who obtained APPIC member internships 2 (50%) 5 (71.4%) 2 (50%) 3 (60%) 5 (100%) 6 (100%) 6 (75%) 29 (74.3%)
Number of students who obtained APA accredited internships 3 (75%) 7 (100%) 3 (75%) 4 (80%) 5 (100%) 6 (100%) 5 (62.5%) 33 (84.6%)
Number of students who obtained two year half-time internships 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Number of students who obtained internships conforming to CDSPP guidelines N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

4. Attrition
 

Year entering program 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
# Enrolled 7 9 11 7 5 9 7
# Graduated with Ph.D. 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
# currently enrolled 7 7 10 6 2 6 3
# no longer enrolled* 0 2 1 1 2 2 1

* All (100%) students who are no longer enrolled left for personal reasons.

5. Licensure

CSPP graduated 51 Ph.D. students between 1997 and 2005. Of these 51 students, 40 (78.4 %) are currently licensed psychologists. Graduates who are not/not yet licensed include international students who have returned to their country of origin and some who are pursuing academic/scientist careers.

April 2008
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Last modified on July 24, 2008