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Counseling Psychology Program (PsyD: APA Approved)

Thank you for your interest in our APA approved program in Counseling Psychology! The faculty and staff at the University of Northern Colorado are a group of committed professionals who strive to give our students a world class educational experience at a reasonable price. Our program now admits students with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

The Counseling Psychology program is in the School of Applied Psychology and Counselor Education. Our school is located in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado. UNC is a Carnegie Research Intensive Institution with approximately 13,000 students. The School occupies approximately half of the second floor of McKee Hall (Campus Map). Our space includes classrooms, offices, seminar rooms, the Psychological Services Clinic, and student resource rooms. Greeley is a community of approximately 85,000 and is located one hour north of Denver and one hour east of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Our program presently enrolls approximately 35 students who are at various stages in their academic studies. Current students range in age from their mid 20s to late 50s and approximately 80 percent are female. About 10 percent come from underrepresented groups. Each year we receive 30-40 applications, and admit 6-7 students. Our program’s attrition, or drop out rate, is about 10 percent. Since 2000, sixty percent of our graduates who have entered the program with a master’s degree completed their program in 4-5 years. No students have taken longer than 8 years to complete their program. Since we just started admitting students with a bachelor’s degree in 2006, we do not have data on their completion rates at this time.

Since 2000, all students who have applied for a Pre-doctoral Internship received one. Eighty percent of our students completed internships accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Ninety-eight percent completed internships that were members of APPIC. Only one student completed a two-year (half-time) paid internship. All graduates eligible for licensure have become licensed psychologists.

If you have any questions about our program, feel free to contact our Program Coordinator:

Brian D. Johnson, PhD.
brian.johnson@unco.edu
(970) 351-2209