By Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
The Commission on Accreditation (CoA) held its spring 2023 program review meeting from March 29 through April 1, 2023. The CoA conducted a review of more than 60 programs during this meeting, including seven applicant programs that were awarded an initial accredited status.
The Commission also worked on COVID-19 policies in preparation for the ending of the Public Health Emergency mandate. All programs that have undergone a virtual site visit must be site visited in-person when practicable and will receive notice when decisions are made regarding approving and scheduling the required on-site verification visit.
Decisions from the 2023 spring program review meeting are available on the OPCA’s website. Please see the following table for the number of accredited programs by educational level and area of study as of April 1, 2023:
| Programs (levels and area) |
Accredited programs |
Doctoral
|
Area |
| programs |
Clinical |
|
Counseling |
|
School |
|
Combined |
|
Total doctoral programs: 420 |
|
| Full |
Contingent |
Full |
Contingent |
| 174 |
4 |
67 |
11 |
| 64 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
| 58 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
| 8 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
| Internship |
|
| programs |
Total internship programs: 658 |
|
|
Postdoctoral
|
Area |
residency
|
Traditional – clinical |
| programs |
Clinical child psychology |
|
Clinical health psychology |
|
Clinical neuropsychology |
|
Forensic psychology |
|
Geropsychology |
|
Rehabilitation psychology |
|
Total postdoctoral programs: 178 |
|
| Full |
Contingent |
| 94 |
2 |
| 10 |
0 |
| 12 |
0 |
| 36 |
9 |
| 1 |
0 |
| 3 |
0 |
| 10 |
1 |
|
| Total |
1,256 |
