Counseling Program Training Outcomes Data
Program Costs*
In state, full time** tuition and fees per semester $3,874
In state tuition and fees per credit hour 380
Out of state, full time** tuition and fees per semester 10,922
Out of state tuition and fees per credit hour 1,147
*Costs as of Fall, 2009. Amounts are subject to increase for 2010 and years thereafter.
**Full time = nine or more credit hours.
Assistantships
Students awarded an assistantship described in the table below receive a waiver of tuition and a stipend of approximately $13,750 per year. The tuition waiver covers courses in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. Assistantships require students to work for 20 hours per week during Fall and Spring semesters, but not during Summer. Health insurance is provided at no charge to students who have assistantships. Costs not covered include fees for Programs and Services, Technology, Facilities, and Transportation. In 2009, the total cost of Out-of-State fees not covered by waiver, per semester was: $646.
Counseling Psychology students are normally provided an assistantship and tuition waiver from Department of Psychology funds for their first two years of full-time graduate study. In their third year and afterward, the Department does not usually provide funding for Counseling Psychology students. However, at this point in their training the program is structured to provide students with the skills to serve in a variety of campus assistantships, including teaching introductory psychology or more advanced undergraduate psychology courses, and placements in UT Residence Life, the Office of Career Services or the University Counseling Center. Students are also eligible for assistantships and tuition waivers to provide services off campus in community mental health care centers, alcohol/substance abuse residential treatment, and a comprehensive center for family violence survivors. These service-related assistantships provide valuable training opportunities, but the program cannot guarantee these assistantships because selection of students is determined by the agency providing the funding. However, students receive intensive training in their first two years so that they can successfully compete for these selective assistantships in their third and fourth year. In every year from 2004 and afterward, all students in their first four years of training who sought an assistantship have been supported. Students who make steady academic progress should be ready to begin a full time paid APA-accredited internship in their fifth year of training (or sooner if they enter with a Masters degree).
Table 1. Admissions and Assistantship Data
| Applicant Data | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Number of Applicants | 45 | 66 | 56 | 49 | 58 | 91 | 95 |
| Number Offered Admission (% of total applicants) |
10 (22%) |
11 (17%) |
8 (14%) |
10 (20%) |
10 (17%) |
10 (11%) |
8 (8.4%) |
| Size of Incoming Class | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Number Receiving Assistantships* (% of incoming class) |
6 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 5 (100%) | 5 (100%) | 7 (100%) | 7 (100%) |
* Graduate assistantships includes stipend, tuition waiver, and health insurance.
Table 2. Incoming Students GRE and GPA
| Incoming Student Data | 2003 (n=6) | 2004 (n=6) | 2005 (n=6) | 2006 (n=5) | 2007 (n=5) | 2008 (n=7) | 2009 (n=7) |
| Mean GRE Verbal* | 583 (583) | 525 (550) | 552 (520) | 623 (570) | 535 (535) |
564 (576) |
627 (586) |
| Mean GRE Quantitative | 593 | 573 | 683 | 640 | 580 |
650 |
603 |
| Mean Undergraduate GPA ** | 3.65 | 3.16 | 3.67 | 3.39 | 3.40 |
3.20 |
3.86 |
*Excludes data from international students when English is not their first language. Means that include all students are shown in parentheses.
**Excludes data from international students not evaluatied on a 4.0 system.
Table 3. Internship Data
| Number of Students Who: | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Applied for Internship | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Obtained Internship | 7 (100%) |
5 (100%) | 5 (83%) | 2 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 1 (100%) |
6 (86%) |
| Obtained APPIC Member Internship | 7 (100%) |
5 (100%) | 5 (83%) | 2 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 6 (86%) |
| Obtained APA Accredited Internship | 5 (71%) |
4 (80%) | 4 (66%) | 2 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 1 (100%) |
6 (86%) |
| Obtained a Paid Internship | 7 (100%) |
5 (100%) | 5 (83%) | 2 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 6 (86%) |
| Obtained a Full Time Internship | 7 (100%) |
5 (100%) | 5 (83%) | 2 (100%) | 6 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 6 (86%) |
Table 4. Graduation Data for Students who Graduated from August, 2001 – August, 2008
| Proportion of all students (N = 31) |
Proportion of students entering with Masters (n = 12) |
Proportion of students entering with BA or BS (n = 19) |
|
| Less Than 5 Years to Complete Ph.D. | 8 (20%) | 5 (42%) | 3 (16%) |
| 5 Years to Complete Ph.D. | 11 (25%) | 5 (42%) | 6 (33%) |
| 6 Years to Complete Ph.D. | 5 (16%) | 2 (42%) | 3 (26%) |
| 7 Years to Complete Ph.D. | 2 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) |
| More Than 7 Years to Complete Ph.D. | 5 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (26%) |
| Mean Years to Complete Ph.D. | 5.90 | 5.83 | 6.47 |
| Median Years to Complete Ph.D. | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Table 5. Attrition of all Students who Entered August, 2001 – August, 2009
| Year of Enrollment | Number Enrolled |
Number Graduated with Doctorate |
Number Currently Enrolled |
Number and % No longer enrolled |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 (20%) |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 (50%) |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 (17%) |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 | 1 (17%) | |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | 1 (20%) | |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2009 | 7 | 7 |
Table 6. Licensure status of Students who Graduated from 1999-2007
Number of students who graduated during this period: 40
Number of graduates who are now licensed: 33 82.5%
Number living in the U.S. who indicated they are not licensed: 2 5%
International student graduates with no licensure provision in their country: 1 2.5%
Application for license currently in process: 1 2.5%
Number whose licensure status is not known: 3 7.5%