1999 Student Attributes

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 66% females and 34% males. Thirty-one percent of the current students represent minority groups. The overall (verbal and quantitative) average score on the GRE for students enrolling in 1999 was 994; the faculty recommended the admission of 7 students from a pool of 34 applicants.

The typical first year student is 32 years old and has completed a Master's degree either at UK or at another University. Of those students beginning in the Fall of 1999, 86% received their undergraduate degrees and 71% 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 1982-1999.

Counseling Psychology Program students present papers at national and regional meetings and co-author journal articles with the faculty and/or fellow students.

(Updated 10/07/99 16:58)