Hello does anyone know any online Psychology schools both Masters and Doctorate level that meets theses criteria and as inexpensively as possible? The institution must be accredited by one of the following associations of colleges and schools: New England, Middle States, North Central, Northwest, Southern, or Western and the psychology program must meet the requirements of Arizona Revised Statutes § 32-2071. Thanks, Chris
There are only a handfull of choices available to you. They include: California Institute of Integral Studies Capella Institute of Transpersonal Psychology Northcentral Pacifica Graduate Institute Saybrook Walden Did I forget any? It's important to state that few, if any of these programs can really be considered to be "online" programs. Most have some required residency periods. Jack
Thanks for the info, now out of those which would you say is the easiest to get into and the least expensive? Thanks
Oh yes, I just remembered that Argosy has a program too. The costs are easy enough to determine, just look through the websites. I can tell you this, none of them are cheap. As for admission standards, I have no idea. It depends to some degree on your qualifications. Not knowing your background I can not say. Jack
I would say that NCU is probably the cheapest (not by much) of the bunch. NCU is the new kid on the block and has the only 100% online RA PhD in psychology. Admission is automatic if you meet the minimum requirements. Capella, Walden, Pacific Institute, The Institue of Transpersonal Psychology and Saybrook are more expensive but have been around a bit longer. Getting in is not that hard either but you have to do some residency (One year of residency for the Capella program). From this bunch, Capella seems to be the closest to obtaining APA accreditation within the next 2 years. However, the best of the bunch would be the Fielding Institute, California Institute of Integral Studies and Argosy since all three are APA accredited. However, IMO, only the Fielding program is sreally considered a DL program, and you still have to do a year of residence. Getting a doctorate from these schools will cost you about $50,000-$75,000. They do require high GPAs and letters of recommendations, but I think Argosy is the only school that requires the GRE for amission. There is no GRE for the Fielding Istitute but students are accepted only twice a year, so its wise to apply early. -S
Walden requires a 3.0 undergraduate g.p.a for grad (Masters/Ph.D.) admission. References (name,address,and phone number) of at least two professors that know of you are also required. I cannot speak as to what is required by the rest of those schools listed.