| Each year the applicant pool for the Counseling Psychology Program becomes
more competitive. Typically, an effort is made to select highly qualified
students who will enrich the program's commitment to cultural and individual
differences. At present the program has 73% females and 27% males. Thirty-three
percent of the current students represent minority groups. The overall
(verbal and quantitative) average score on the GRE for students enrolling
in 2001 was 1062; the faculty recommended the admission of 14 students
from a pool of 45 applicants.
The typical first year student is 33 years old and has completed a Master's degree either at UK or at another University. Of those students beginning in the Fall of 2001, 79% received their undergraduate degrees and 62% received their graduate degrees outside of Kentucky. The program faculty is committed to the high rate of program completion and makes every effort to facilitate student progress. Attrition rates are very low, averaging less than one student per year for the years 1982-2001. Counseling Psychology Program students present papers at national and regional meetings and co-author journal articles with the faculty and/or fellow students. |