2027 Edition
Two PsyD programs in Maryland qualify for the 2027 ranking, each in its own city. Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland takes the top spot in Maryland: 73.4 out of 100, and 8th nationally.
By Trevor Rupe, Contributor at Savo Media Group
Both are clinical psychology programs in APA’s accreditation list. Both are at private institutions.
Maryland lets supervised hours earned before the doctorate cover the whole 3,250-hour requirement, so postdoctoral hours are needed only to make up a shortfall.
Both ranked PsyD programs in Maryland, in order. The number on each card is its place in Maryland, and its national rank is beside the school.
Full profile of Loyola University Maryland in Best PsyD Programs
Sources: APA record, ASPPB, APPIC and the school’s APA disclosure, read October 12, 2026.
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Stevenson University's full-time, five-year Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology trains practitioner-scholars in person on its Greenspring campus in Maryland, with externships in clinical settings from the second through the fourth year.
Stevenson's Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology operates from a practitioner-scholar model and prepares students to provide evidence-based, culturally competent clinical services, with particular attention to individual and cultural diversity and culturally responsive practice. The degree requires 112.5 credit hours over a five-year course sequence: students complete 16-20 hour/week externships in clinical settings in years two through four, write an empirical dissertation relevant to psychological practice, and finish with a year-long, full-time internship in the final year, which is generally the only enrollment in the fifth year.
Applicants must complete prerequisite courses in Statistics, Psychopathology, Human Development and Research Methods at the undergraduate or graduate level; GRE scores are optional, there is no application fee, and an interview, by invitation, is required for admission. The program is offered in person on the Greenspring campus, in Maryland's Greenspring Valley, and not through online or distance education, and the priority application deadline is December 1. Students pay one annual tuition and fee rate in years 1 through 4, the internship year is billed at half that rate, and annual criminal background checks are required of every student.
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Sources: APA record of Stevenson University (Clinical Psychology), APPIC and APA disclosure of Stevenson University (Clinical Psychology), read October 14, 2026.
The figures below come from the two PsyD programs in Maryland that this ranking includes, each read from the source named beside it.
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APA-accredited PsyD programs ranked in Maryland
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Cities with a ranked PsyD program
APA directoryASPPB reports a first-time EPPP pass rate of 90% for Loyola University Maryland.
APPIC’s 2021 to 2025 match data put the accredited internship match rate at 95% for Loyola University Maryland and 30% for Stevenson University.
Yearly tuition is $39,000 at Loyola University Maryland and $18,206 at Stevenson University. 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 Maryland meets for a license there, each linked to the page it was read on.
Licensing board: Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
School psychologists number 1,520 at a median of $109,700.
$109,700
Median annual pay for school psychologists in Maryland
Occupation: School Psychologists, SOC 19-3034.BLS counts 1,520 employed in Maryland.
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, Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland is first among the PsyD programs in Maryland, with a score of 73.4 out of 100 and 8th place nationally. Its program page is Loyola University Maryland’s Psy.D. program 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.
Not strictly. The statute’s definition of a doctoral degree in psychology accepts a program accredited by APA or CPA or one listed among the National Register’s designated doctoral programs. A doctorate from a regionally accredited school outside those lists can still lead to the license through a postdoctoral respecialization certificate from an APA- or CPA-accredited department.
Only when the hours before graduation fall short. Maryland asks for 3,250 supervised hours, and COMAR 10.36.01.04-2 allows up to 1,500 from pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship training after the first year of the doctoral program, alongside an internship of at least 1,750 hours. Postdoctoral hours, at most 1,500, are required when the predoctoral total is under 3,250. All of it comes before the licensing exams.
The EPPP, passed at a scaled score of 500, and the Maryland Examination, a jurisprudence test the board writes and scores, passed at 75 percent. The board decides which exams each applicant takes, but COMAR 10.36.01.06 keeps the Maryland Examination for everyone.