Admissions Statistics, and Educational/Training Outcomes

  Acedemic Year
  2000-
2001		 2001-
2002		 2002-
2003		 2003-
2004		 2004-
2005		 2005-
2006		 2006-
2007		 2007-
2008
2008-
2009
2009-
2010
ADMISSIONS
# of Applicants
112
83
103
133
147
165
160
181
172
157
# Offered Admission
15
21
12
13
14
16
18
25
16
13
# Who Accepted Offer
5
9
7
3
6
7
5
14
10
4
% with Financial Support
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Mean GRE Verbal
500
544
560
520
590
600
560
560
551
581
Mean GRE Quantitative
695
644
640
640
670
680
690
650
669
655
Mean GRE Analytic
620
722
680
580
5.0/
630
4.5
4.5/
770
5
4.9
5.0
Undergrad GPA
3.48
3.56
3.62
3.77
3.86
3.69
3.71
3.6
3.68
3.7
 
INTERNSHIPS
# of Internship Applicants
2
3
3
7
2
5
4
10
5
3
# Interns Accepted with Funding
2
2
3
7
2
5
3
10
3
3
# with APPIC internships
2
2
3
7
2
5
3
8
3
3
# with APA/CPA accredited internships
2
2
3
7
2
5
3
8
3
3
 
GRADUATE OUTCOMES
 
Incoming Class
 
Fall
2000
Fall
2001
Fall
2002
Fall
2003
Fall
2004
Fall
2005
Fall
2006
Fall
2007
Fall
2008
Fall
2009
# of new doctoral students enrolled
5
8
7
3
6
7
5
14
10
4
# of students completing the program
4
7
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
# of students still enrolled
0
1
3
0
4
5
5
12
10
4
# of students who left the program
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
2
0
0
 
Rate of attrition from the program between 1999 and 2008 is 12%
 
Of the 36 students who graduated between 1999/2000 and 2008/2009
  % who graduated in:
    5 years 6            
    6 years 31            
    7 years 47            
    8 years 6            
    9 years 6            
    10 years 3            
    11 years 0            
    12 years 0            
    13 years 0            
    14 years 3            
  Mean years to completion: 7.1          
               
  % Licensed within 2 - 10 years post graduation:  64%
                   

What kinds of careers do graduates of our program pursue?

       

The typical graduate of our program is engaged in both scholarly activities and delivery of clinical services.

       
Thirty students graduated from our program between 1999 and 2007, and these graduates have collectively published 378 journal articles and book chapters (average of 13 publications per graduate).
     
The first position of students who graduated between 1999 and 2007 included:
   
N
Percent
  Post-doc
15
54
  Tenure Track assistant professor
6
21
  Research or staff psychologists at a medical center, hospital, research institute
7
25
  Note: Data were available for 28 of the 30 graduates
       
       

We surveyed students who graduated between 1999 and 2007 to get more detailed information about their careers and evaluation of our program. Of the 30 graduates, 19 responded to the survey. Below are some results from this survey.
       
The average percent of time devoted to each of the following activities in their first position:
  Research
57%
  Teaching
14%
  Clinical Services (e.g., therapy, assessment)
14%
  Supervision and Administration
15%
  Consulting
0%
       
The average percent of time devoted to each of the following activities in their current position:
  Research
39%
  Teaching
15%
  Clinical Services (e.g., therapy, assessment)
21%
  Supervision and Administration
19%
  Consulting
6%
   
Respondents rated their level of satisfaction (1=not satisfied to 5=very satisfied) with various aspects of our training program.
   
Mean Rating
  Overall satisfaction with the training program
4.5
  Preparation for first position
4.2
  Preparation for conducting independent research/scholarship
4.6
  Preparation for direct clinical service
3.9
  Clinical supervision by program faculty/staff
4
  Technical/practical knowledge and skills acquired
4
   
Respondents also rated the degree to which the program provided the kind of training that was stated in the program materials during the application process and whether they would choose to come to UB again (response scale: 1=definitely not to 5=definitely yes).
   
Mean Rating
  Match between training experience and description of program during application process
4.1
  Would you choose to come to UB again
4.3