The Commission on Accreditation held its 2017 fall program review meeting Oct. 19-22, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The CoA acted on more than 80 programs during its program review. The fall session marked the second program review meeting in which programs were reviewed for consistency with the Standards of Accreditation in Health Service Psychology (PDF, 1.23MB). Decisions made at the meeting are available on the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation website. As a result of these decisions, the current breakdown of accredited programs is as follows:
| Programs (Level and Area) | Accredited Programs | ||||
| Doctoral Programs |
Area |
PhD | PsyD | ||
|
Clinical |
173 | 68 | |||
|
Counseling |
67 | 8 | |||
|
School |
61 | 8 | |||
|
Combined |
7 | 4 | |||
|
Accredited, on Contingency |
2 | 0 | |||
|
Total Doctoral Programs |
398 | ||||
| Internship Programs |
|
Contingent | Full | ||
|
|
36 | 569 | |||
|
Total Internship Programs |
605 | ||||
| Postdoctoral Residency Programs |
Area |
Contingent | Full | ||
|
Traditional — Clinical |
6 | 71 | |||
|
Specialty — Clinical Child Psychology |
0 | 7 | |||
|
Specialty — Clinical Health Psychology |
0 | 9 | |||
|
Specialty — Clinical Neuropsychology |
0 | 25 | |||
|
Specialty — Forensic Psychology |
0 | 1 | |||
|
Specialty — Geropsychology |
0 | 2 | |||
|
Specialty — Rehabilitation Psychology |
0 | 6 | |||
|
Total Postdoctoral Residency Programs |
127 | ||||
| Total |
|
1,130 | |||