Overview

Accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1980, our Counseling Psychology program at The University of Iowa strives to produce counseling psychologists who promote psychology as both a profession and a science and who apply acquired skills to the advancement of the human condition across local, national and global communities.

Features

Graduates find positions in a variety of settings, including higher education, counseling centers, clinics, private practice settings, and hospitals.

Programme Structure

Curriculum

Students complete course work in each of the following areas: research, basic psychology, counseling psychology core competencies, and electives.

Additional training is obtained through a practicum sequence, research team membership, completion of a dissertation, and a full-year predoctoral internship.

The program requires a minimum of 103 semester hours that includes 12 dissertation semester hours to complete. The program requires full-time study.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

103 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Iowa City, United States

Disciplines

Psychology View 238 other PhDs in Psychology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

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151 _(verbal)

152 _{(quantitative)}

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor’s degree from a Regionally Accredited American College or University, or an equivalent degree from another country as determined by the Office of Admissions

Undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 or better on a four-point scale

Graduate GPA or 3.50 or better on a four-point scale

The GRE requirement* is optional. Preferred Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores (the score indicated or higher): Verbal = 152, Quantitative = 151, and Analytical Writing = 3.5

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

32776 USD / year

≈ 32776 USD / year
Out-of-State

32776 USD / year

≈ 32776 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

13829 USD / year

≈ 13829 USD / year

Living costs

Iowa City

United States

1187 - 1841 USD / month

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