The combined program model provides students with an opportunity to receive specialized training in either counseling psychology or school psychology. The major difference between the two concentrations is school psychology's focus on child and adolescent client populations as compared to counseling psychology's emphasis on older adolescent, and adult populations.

Our combined doctoral program in counseling psychology and school psychology, accredited by the American Psychological Association, focuses on preparing psychologists who can evaluate, provide and enhance human services through scientific inquiry and practice. Our program adheres to the scientist-practitioner model of training that provides you with an opportunity to receive specialized training in either counseling psychology or school psychology. The major difference between the two concentrations is counseling psychology's emphasis on older adolescent and adult populations as compared to school psychology's focus on child and adolescent client populations.