PsyD Programs in West Virginia (2027)

Marshall's Psy.D. trains health service psychologists in clinical psychology on a practitioner-scholar model, preparing generalists to meet the behavioral health needs of rural, underserved and marginalized communities, with a special emphasis on the Appalachian region; students are exposed to integrative behavioral, cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic orientations. For students entering with a bachelor's degree the program is designed as five years of full-time study: four years of coursework and graded practicum, then a full-time one-year internship or a two-year part-time internship. Students join vertical supervision teams from the first year; practicum then runs two semesters in the university training clinic in the second year, two in approved community settings in the third and two at an approved rural site in the fourth, which means driving to the site and may mean an overnight stay each week. The research sequence ends in a doctoral research project supervised by a committee and research chair, taken on a dissertation track or a doctoral research project track, and every student completes a full-time residency year, for most students the fourth.

Applicants need at least 18 undergraduate semester hours of psychology, including introductory psychology, statistics, experimental psychology or research methods and abnormal psychology. Applications are reviewed once a year for fall admission, with a December 1 deadline for priority consideration, and a certain number of slots are reserved for residents of West Virginia and the surrounding Appalachian region. Students who already hold a master's degree in clinical psychology can apply for advanced standing and choose a full-time track, which the program expects to take about four years, or a part-time track of 5 to 7 years with a full-time residency year; students admitted after the bachelor's degree enroll full time throughout. Courses run in the fall, spring and summer terms, most of them once a year, and the department's teaching assistantships are open to students who have spent a year in the program and taken PSY 600.

• The catalog's plan of study totals 136-142 credit hours.
• Every student spends at least one academic year in a practicum at an approved rural site.
• Students with a master's degree in clinical psychology can apply for advanced standing on a full-time or part-time track.
• Applications are due December 1 for priority consideration for fall admission.
• Courses are offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.

APA area

Clinical Psychology

Program unit

Department of Psychology

APA number

1566

Accredited since

March 14, 2006

Next site visit

2028

Schedule

full-time or part-time

Entry

bachelor's or master's degree

Length

designed as a five-year full-time program for students entering with a bachelor's degree, with the internship in the fifth year

Tuition, in-state

$9,624 (first-year cohort, 2025-2026)

Tuition, out-of-state

$22,120 (first-year cohort, 2025-2026)

University fees

$1,498

EPPP

84.91% of 53 first-time takers passed (ASPPB)

Internship match

57 of 69 applicants matched to an APA- or CPA-accredited internship (APPIC)

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