Overview

As one of the nation's first APA-accredited school psychology programs, the School Psychology program at Georgia State University has an established record of educating highly skilled school psychologists.

Our program is focused on preparing future psychologists to deliver mental health and educational services to children and adolescents, families and educators in diverse ethnic, cultural, and geographic settings.

Careers

Graduates have careers in academic and research settings, practice as professional (licensed) psychologists and certified school-based practitioners and impact policy, practice and administration as leaders and highly competent professionals.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biopsychology and Medication
Administration and Supervision in Pupil Personnel Services for School Psychology
Topical Seminar in School Psychology
School Psychology Research
Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognition and Intellect
History and Systems of Psychology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

68 SCH

74 semester hours (68 semester hours for the B.A.-to-Ph.D. students)

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Atlanta, United States

Disciplines

School Counselling Educational Psychology View 40 other PhDs in School Counselling in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

When applying to the School Psychology, Ph.D. program, you will need to submit several documents for review:

Online Application
Application Fee of $50
Goals Statement
Resume
Writing Sample (cannot be goals statement)
Three Letters of Recommendation (identify your recommender on the application)
Must have bachelor’s in psychology, education, or related field or master’s in area related to school psychology
Official Transcript: graduate degree for admission (minimum 2.50 undergraduate GPA if no master’s)
GRE scores

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

32332 USD / year

≈ 32332 USD / year
Out-of-State

31726 USD / year

≈ 31726 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

9790 USD / year

≈ 9790 USD / year

Living costs

Atlanta

United States

1213 - 2208 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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