Graduate Program FAQs

Graduate Program FAQs

Announcements

The GRE is not required for psychology graduate student applications at this time. This applies to all psychology graduate program applications: PhD, MA Clinical, and MA Psychological Science.

General Graduate Program:
Which faculty members are accepting new graduate students FALL 2024?
Can students do thesis research with any faculty member in the department?
Will I get credit for the graduate degree I have in another area of psychology or another discipline?
How many credits must I take to qualify for financial aid or be considered full time?
What classes should I take?
Do students often publish with faculty mentors?
What is the atmosphere like in the department? Between students? Between student and faculty?
M.A. Program
Additional Courses for Non-Psychology Majors
How does full-time/part-time status affect financial aid?
What is the difference between the Counseling Masters degree (in the UCCS College of Education) or the Social Work Masters degree (in the UCCS School of Public Affairs) and the MA degree in Clinical Psychology?
When I complete the terminal M.A. program (clinical track) can I sit for the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) exam in Colorado?
May M.A. students switch from the clinical track to the psychological science track or vice versa once accepted into to or enrolled in the program?
Because clinical students take many more courses than psychological science students, what are psychological science students supposed to do with all that extra time?
How are M.A. students funded?
Ph.D Program
What is the accreditation status of the Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology?
How are Ph.D. students funded?
Can students switch tracks from the Clinical PhD program in Geropsychology to Trauma Psychology or vice versa?
As a Ph.D. student, will I have enough time to work off-campus?
What is the best way for me to become a psychologist?
M.A. & Ph.D Comparison
Is my acceptance into the M.A. program or Ph.D. program contingent upon working with a specific professor or research mentor?
How many students are in the incoming classes for the M.A. program and the Ph.D. program?
What are thesis credits, dissertation credits, and research practicum credits? And when should I take them?
Can I go part time to get my M.A. or Ph.D. in your program?
Does the program have qualifying/comprehensive exams and how are they structured?
What are tuition rates?
Do you have information on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program? Or any loan repayment programs?