Time to Completion
American Psychological Association directive: In their public materials, programs should provide the mean and the median number of years that students have taken to complete the program from the time of program entrance. These data should be provided for all graduates over the past seven years. Where applicable, these measures should be provided separately for students who began the program as bachelor level graduates and those who began with advanced standing (e.g., after having completed a separate master's program in psychology). The program should also provide the percentage of students completing the program in fewer than five years, five years, six years, seven years, and more than seven years.
American Psychological Association (2006, November) Retrieved October 15, 2009 from http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/rev_disclosure.html
The following table indicates the time to completion of degree, for students admitted with a bachelor’s degree, then a master’s degree.
Time to Completion for Graduates 1998-2008
Graduates Admitted with a Bachelors degree (n=42) |
Time to Completion |
Mean |
6.26 Years (SD=1.67) 6.0 years |
Median |
Range 5-10 Years (n=42) |
Percent Completing in Less than y years |
0% (n=0) |
Percent Completing in 5 Years |
36% (n=15) |
Percent Completing in 6 years |
28% (n=12) |
Percent Completing in 7 years |
19% (n=8) |
Percent Completing in more than 7 years |
17% (n=7) |
Graduates Admitted with a Masters degree (n=16) |
Time to Completion |
Mean |
6.00years (SD=.75) 6.0 years |
Median |
Range 5-8 Years (n=16) |
Percent Completing in Less than y years |
0% (n=0) |
Percent Completing in 5 Years |
37% (n=6) |
Percent Completing in 6 years |
37% (n=6) |
Percent Completing in 7 years |
13% (n=2) |
Percent Completing in more than 7 years |
13% (n=2) |
Total Graduates Admitted (N=58) |
Time to Completion |
Mean |
6.19years (SD=9.49) 6.0 years |
Median |
Range 5-10 Years (N=58) |
Percent Completing in Less than y years |
0% (n=0) |
Percent Completing in 5 Years |
36% (n=21) |
Percent Completing in 6 years |
31% (n=18) |
Percent Completing in 7 years |
17% (n=10) |
Percent Completing in more than 7 years |
16% (n=9) |
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