University of Utah

Accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1957, the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City offers a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology that follows the scientist-practitioner model.

The Counseling Psychology program takes about 5 years to complete, including a full-year, pre-doctoral internship. It will take slightly less time if the student is entering the program with a master’s degree in counseling. Students should have a background in general and experimental psychology, human development, neuropsychology, normal and abnormal behavior, and elementary statistics and research methods.

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Only 4 to 6 applicants are accepted into the Counseling Psychology program each year. The application deadline is December 15^th, with coursework beginning the following fall.

Tuition for in-state residents, including additional university costs and fees, is about $860 per credit hour, and out-of-state nonresidents will pay close to $2,500 per credit hour. While the Department cannot guarantee funding for every student, they have been successful in the last several years in securing funding for all students who require full or partial tuition assistance.

Program requirements include coursework in behavioral sciences, research and statistics, counseling, and psychotherapy, as well as counseling practice with an intensive year of practicum and 2 years of advanced field practicum, national conference presentation, submitting scholarly articles, and completion of a pre-dissertation research project, qualifying examination, and Ph.D. dissertation.

Contact:

Educational Psychology
1721 Campus Center Drive SAEC
3220
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9255
(801) 581-7148