2027 Edition
Five PsyD programs in Florida meet the ranking’s entry bar. On the national list, Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida stands 10th with 72.8 out of 100, the highest score among PsyD programs in Florida.
By Trevor Rupe, Contributor at Savo Media Group
By APA area of accreditation, that is 4 clinical and 1 school programs. Every one is at a private institution.
Florida’s licensing statute asks for a doctorate from an APA-accredited program, the entry bar for every program on this page. BLS reports a median of $85,610 for clinical and counseling psychologists in Florida (May 2025), against $100,580 nationwide.
All five ranked PsyD programs in Florida, in order. The number on each card is its place in Florida, and its national rank is beside the school.
Full profile of Florida Institute of Technology in Best PsyD Programs
Sources: APA record, ASPPB, APPIC and the school’s APA disclosure, read October 12, 2026.
Ranks 2nd: it retains 92% of the students who enter (the highest in Florida), and it registers about 89 students a year in the APPIC internship match (the most in Florida), but it publishes tuition of $53,746 for the first-year cohort (higher than 3 of 4 other programs in Florida).
Nova Southeastern's Psy.D. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, lets students specialize in one of seven areas, from clinical forensic psychology and clinical neuropsychology to serious mental illness, within a five-year, 119-credit curriculum.
NSU's Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology is founded on the practitioner-informed-by-science model and is a five-year curriculum of at least 119 credits that ends with a one-year internship of 2,000 hours. Students must be in full-time residence for the first three academic years and complete two full years of practicum, usually in the second and third years, with each placement lasting 12 months; they must also pass the Clinical Competency Examination before the internship year. Research training centers on a required Directed Study: Research. Students may specialize in one of seven areas, and each concentration combines electives, a practicum in a related clinical program and research with faculty, though slots are limited and students may join only one.
Applicants need a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, 18 semester hours in psychology and 3 semester hours of statistics, and a 3.0 undergraduate or 3.5 graduate-level GPA; GRE scores are not required, though the admissions committee encourages them when they would strengthen an application. The program admits once a year for an August start, applications are due January 8, and interviews are conducted over Zoom. Classes are held on NSU's campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and some clinical obligations fall on evenings, weekends and holidays. College of Psychology scholarships include awards for academically strong students in the Psy.D. program.
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Sources: APA record of Nova Southeastern University (Clinical Psychology), ASPPB, APPIC and APA disclosure of Nova Southeastern University (Clinical Psychology), read October 12, 2026.
Ranks 3rd: it publishes tuition of $34,193 for the first-year cohort (lower than 3 of 4 other programs in Florida), and it registers about 31 students a year in the APPIC internship match, but 33% of its 121 first-time EPPP takers passed (the lowest in Florida).
Albizu University's Psy.D. in Miami, Florida, centers its training on cultural competence for a growing multicultural population, and students who concentrate their courses, practicum and doctoral project in one area can earn a neuropsychology, health, child or forensic track on their transcript.
The Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology at Albizu University's campus in Miami, Florida, trains health service psychologists with an emphasis on clinical psychology, and its mission centers on cultural competence and on preparing a diverse workforce, including students underrepresented in the field, to serve a growing multicultural population. The program totals 99 credits and is completed full-time in five years; it is taught on campus, in English. Training is sequential: foundation courses come first, practicum begins in the final semester of the first year, every student completes at least three practicum semesters at the Goodman Psychological Services Center, and in the fourth and fifth years the doctoral project continues, electives are taken and clinical internships begin. After completing the first 40 credits, students may apply for an en route Master of Science in General Psychology.
Applicants apply through PSYCAS by January 31 for fall entry and need a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, with prior courses in statistics, research methods, abnormal psychology and developmental psychology passed with a B or better; the school describes a successful candidate as having an overall GPA of 3.25. Two letters of recommendation and a personal statement are among the required materials. Beyond the generalist curriculum, electives let students focus on clinical neuropsychology, health, forensic or addictions psychology, or the psychology of religion and spirituality. Students who pass three to four courses in one area with an A or B, complete practicum or internship rotations focused on it and choose a doctoral project within it earn a neuropsychology, health, child or forensic track, listed on the transcript but not on the diploma.
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Sources: APA record of Carlos Albizu University, Miami Campus (Clinical Psychology), ASPPB, APPIC and APA disclosure of Carlos Albizu University, Miami Campus (Clinical Psychology), read October 12, 2026.
Ranks 4th: it retains 91% of the students who enter (higher than 3 of 4 other programs in Florida), but it publishes tuition of $60,888 for the first-year cohort (the highest in Florida).
Nova Southeastern's Psy.D. in School Psychology, held on NSU's campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, admits about 10 candidates a year and trains them at NSU's own school and clinic sites, including the University School of NSU.
NSU's Psy.D. in School Psychology requires 118 semester hours of graduate credit, including three years of practica, a capstone research project called the Directed Study and a 2,000-hour doctoral internship, and it typically takes four or five years of post-baccalaureate study. The doctoral program's academic year is divided into three semesters, fall, winter and summer, and the first year of the model curriculum totals 43 credit hours. Students practice assessment, consultation and intervention at the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development and the University School of NSU, and at the School-related Psychological Assessments and Clinical Interventions (SPACI) Clinic in the NSU Psychology Services Center. At least 600 internship hours must be completed in a PK-12 setting, and students must pass comprehensive examinations and a research requirement.
Applicants may enter after a bachelor's or master's degree or by way of NSU's specialist program in school psychology, and they need a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, a 3.0 undergraduate or 3.5 graduate grade point average, and 18 semester hours of psychology coursework or a score of 600 or higher on the GRE Psychology Test; GRE scores are not required for admission, though optional scores can strengthen an application. The program requires a minimum of a three-year, full-time academic residency, starts once a year in August and is held on NSU's campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The College of Psychology funds graduate assistantships of 10 to 20 hours a week, and NSU's Office of Residential Life and Student Housing offers assistantships that include housing, a meal plan, a partial tuition waiver and a monthly stipend. NSU says the doctoral curriculum is designed to be consistent with Florida licensure requirements for both a school psychologist and a psychologist; licensure itself is granted by each state's board.
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Sources: APA record of Nova Southeastern University (School Psychology), ASPPB, APPIC and APA disclosure of Nova Southeastern University (School Psychology), read October 14, 2026.
Ranks 5th: 96% of its 27 registered applicants matched to an accredited internship (the highest in Florida), but its school's doctoral graduates in this field earn a median $80,648 (the lowest in Florida).
National Louis University's Florida School of Professional Psychology teaches its Psy.D. face to face and full time on the Tampa, Florida, campus, with optional concentrations from child and adolescent psychology to bilingual (Spanish) mental health.
FSPP's Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology follows a practitioner-scholar model and integrates theory, training, research and practice. The program requires 112 semester hours, including practicum and any concentration hours, with at least 2000 hours of diagnostic, therapy and advanced practicum training, a capstone sequence of comprehensive clinical examinations in diagnosis and psychotherapy plus a comprehensive scientific examination, a dissertation with its defense, and a one-year, 2000-hour, full-time pre-doctoral internship. Students take 9 semester hours of electives or complete an optional concentration, and the catalog strongly encourages concentration students to complete a related practicum and dissertation topic. Students may also petition to earn a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology along the way after at least 50 semester hours of coursework, which the catalog notes is not a license-eligible degree.
Applicants need a bachelor's degree with an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0, or a graduate GPA of 3.25, and five undergraduate foundation courses in psychology completed with a B or better, including abnormal psychology and statistics or research methods; interviews with the admissions committee are by invitation only. Students who enter with prior graduate study may apply for up to 30 credit hours of transfer credit, though clinical training and core assessment, intervention, diversity and ethics courses are not eligible. Applications are open for winter and fall 2027 entry. Many students work with faculty as teaching or research assistants, roles that may carry stipends or work-study funding. Licensure is granted by each state's psychology board, and NLU posts state licensure information on its public disclosures page.
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Sources: APA record of Florida School of Professional Psychology at National Louis University, Tampa (Clinical Psychology), APPIC and APA disclosure of Florida School of Professional Psychology at National Louis University, Tampa (Clinical Psychology), read October 14, 2026.
The figures below come from the five PsyD programs in Florida that this ranking includes, each read from the source named beside it.
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APA-accredited PsyD programs ranked in Florida
APA directory55%
Median first-time EPPP pass rate across 4 programs
ASPPB89%
Median accredited internship match rate across 5 programs
APPIC$41,832
Median yearly tuition across 5 programs
Program disclosuresAcross the four programs with a published first-time EPPP pass rate, results run from 33% to 83%, with a median of 55%. ASPPB reports 75% for all accredited doctoral programs.
The five programs with at least 10 APPIC registrations from 2021 to 2025 matched 75% to 96% of their registered applicants with APA- or CPA-accredited internships, with a median of 89%.
Five programs list a yearly tuition, from $33,241 to $60,888, with a median of $41,832. Each figure is the full-time yearly tuition in the program’s own cost table.
ASPPB adds its own caution: “Please note that care should be exercised if comparisons across schools and programs are made.”
A PsyD is a degree, and the license comes from the state. These are the rules a graduate of PsyD programs in Florida meets for a license there, each linked to the page it was read on.
Licensing board: Florida Board of Psychology.
BLS counts 3,040 clinical and counseling psychologists in Florida, with a median annual wage of $85,610. School psychologists number 2,020 at a median of $84,760.
$85,610
Median annual pay for clinical and counseling psychologists in Florida
Occupation: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, SOC 19-3033.BLS counts 3,040 employed in Florida.
$84,760
Median annual pay for school psychologists in Florida
Occupation: School Psychologists, SOC 19-3034.BLS counts 2,020 employed in Florida.
Percentiles are points in each occupation’s pay distribution, not experience levels. BLS lists an area in every state its counties reach, so a metropolitan area that crosses a state line appears under each state.
In the 2027 ranking, Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida is first among the PsyD programs in Florida, with a score of 72.8 out of 100 and 10th place nationally. Its program page is Florida Institute of Technology’s Doctor of Psychology page in Clinical Psychology. The score weighs cost, graduate earnings, completion, internship and licensure outcomes, track record, credential alignment and program reputation, and the methodology page shows each weight.
Five ranked programs in Florida list a yearly tuition, from $33,241 to $60,888, with a median of $41,832. Each figure is the full-time yearly tuition in the program’s own cost table. A program card labels its tuition figure with the period and rate its school printed, and Read More lists the in-state and out-of-state prices where the cost table gives both.
Yes, for licensure by examination. Florida Statutes 490.005 asks for a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program, and the statute’s only equivalent is for degrees from schools outside the United States.
Yes. Florida asks for 4,000 hours of supervised experience, and the board counts the doctoral internship as the first 2,000. The remaining 2,000 hours must be postdoctoral under rule 64B19-11.005.
Two: the EPPP, with a scaled passing score of 500, and a 40-question Florida laws and rules exam. A raw score of 32 correct answers passes the second part.
BLS reports a median annual wage of $85,610 for clinical and counseling psychologists (SOC 19-3033) in Florida for May 2025. The 10th percentile is $55,480 and the 90th is $259,990. School psychologists (SOC 19-3034) have a median of $84,760. Percentiles mark points in the pay distribution of everyone in the occupation, not years of experience.