School Psychology, PhD

The PhD in School Psychology program (NYC Campus) was approved in 2019 and enrolled the first cohort of students in Fall 2021. The PhD in School Psychology program is designed to provide education and training in school psychology within a scientist-practitioner model. Striving for excellence as a professional training program, it is fully intended that this new PhD program will attain contingent accreditation status, and ultimately, full American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation status.

PhD School Psychology program students must first complete a master's degree in school psychology, or have been awarded state or national school psychology certification, and sixty-nine hours of the first three years of study in the doctoral program generally correspond to the MSEd in School Psychology at Pace University. Students may enter the program with graduate work from other institutions; the prior graduate work is evaluated for transfer credit on a course-by-course basis after acceptance into the doctoral program.

Students from New York State approved School Psychology programs receive 45 transfer credits toward the PhD and are required to pass the comprehensive examination and complete all fourth and fifth year courses, plus any master's level courses they are lacking, at Pace University. Typically, no transfer credit is granted for third- or fourth-year courses and also PSY713 & PSY715. Usually, courses taken over five years prior to student program admission are not granted transfer credit. Transcript evaluation occurs after program admission and matriculation.