Accredited Programs

PCSAS’s purpose is to serve the public by: promoting high-quality science-centered education and training in clinical psychology; increasing the quality and quantity of clinical scientists contributing to the advancement of public health; and extending the scientific knowledge base for mental health care.

Accreditation is awarded only to programs that grant Ph.D. degrees with a core focus on the specialty of psychological clinical science. Such accreditation is limited to programs in departments of psychology (or their equivalent) within accredited, non-profit, research-intensive universities legally authorized to operate and award doctoral degrees in the U.S. and Canada.

The list below includes all 44 programs currently accredited by PCSAS. Each has met the same eligibility criteria, followed the same review process, and fulfills all required accreditation standards. This is true whether a program is in the U.S. or Canada. Additional information is found at Review Criteria.

For easier reference, the list can be sorted by an accredited program’s home institution or its most recent review date. Also, a link is provided to the program. PCSAS requires programs to publish student admission and outcomes data, and links to that information are provided in the “program data” column.

The PCSAS Review Committee makes all final decisions and may act to “accredit” a program or to “deny” accreditation. There are no tiers or levels other than full accreditation. Because PCSAS works closely with programs throughout the application and review process, no program that has applied since the accreditation system started in 2009 has been denied. Also, almost all programs first became members of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science before applying for PCSAS accreditation. The Academy is an alliance of doctoral clinical programs with strong commitments to clinical science training.

Detailed information on PCSAS and its accreditation may be found in the Purpose, Organization, Policies, and Procedures Manual. Members of the public who have a question or concern regarding PCSAS or an accredited program, should review the policy found there on page 20.

Program/University	Review Date	Decision	Program Data
University of Southern California	06/01/2021	Accredit
Northwestern University (Psychology)	06/01/2021	Accredit
University of South Florida	06/01/2021	Accredit
University of Iowa	06/01/2021	Accredit
McGill University	02/16/2021	Accredit
Stony Brook University	02/16/2021	Accredit
University of Kentucky	02/16/2021	Accredit
University of New Mexico	02/16/2021	Accredit
University of Arizona	06/18/2020	Accredit
Washington University in St. Louis	06/18/2020	Accredit
Michigan State University	01/10/2020	Accredit
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	12/06/2019	Accredit
University of Michigan	12/06/2019	Accredit
Yale University	12/06/2019	Accredit
University of Texas at Austin	12/06/2019	Accredit
Purdue University	01/08/2019	Accredit
Oklahoma State University	12/17/2018	Accredit
University of Washington	05/23/2018	Accredit
Vanderbilt University	05/23/2018	Accredit
University of Maryland	05/24/2017	Accredit
University at Buffalo	05/24/2017	Accredit
Boston University	05/24/2017	Accredit
Penn State University (Psychology)	01/27/2017	Accredit
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	01/27/2017	Accredit
Rutgers University (Ph.D.)	05/25/2016	Accredit
Temple University	12/04/2015	Accredit
Indiana University	05/19/2015	Accredit
The Ohio State University	05/19/2015	Accredit
Virginia Tech	05/19/2015	Accredit
University of Georgia	12/09/2014	Accredit
University of Wisconsin-Madison	05/20/2014	Accredit
Duke University	05/20/2014	Accredit
Emory University	05/20/2014	Accredit
University of California, Berkeley	05/21/2013	Accredit
University of Minnesota	05/21/2013	Accredit
University of Oregon	05/21/2013	Accredit
University of Pittsburgh	05/21/2013	Accredit
University of Virginia (Psychology)	05/21/2013	Accredit
University of Pennsylvania	12/15/2012	Accredit
University of California, Los Angeles	12/15/2012	Accredit
Harvard University	05/23/2012	Accredit
University of Missouri	05/25/2011	Accredit
Arizona State University	05/25/2011	Accredit
University of Delaware	05/25/2011	Accredit

The “Review Date” column above shows the most recent program accreditation action taken by the PCSAS Review Committee. Accreditation is for a period of 10 years, with subsequent reviews for renewal following the same process and standards found at Review Criteria. The psychological clinical science programs at the following institutions were renewed on the dates shown above and were initially accredited 10 years earlier: McGill University; Northwestern University; Stony Brook University; University of Arizona; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Iowa; University of Kentucky; University of Southern California; University of South Florida; Washington University in St. Louis.

ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS: In addition to those above, the following clinical science programs have submitted Letters of Intent to apply for PCSAS accreditation and have been deemed eligible. They are in various stages of the application process: University of Illinois at Chicago; Binghamton University; Florida State University; Ohio State University, the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Psychology Graduate Program.