University of Kentucky · Department of Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology

Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.)

Awarded degree: PhD in Counseling Psychology

Counseling Psychology (related field)

PhDCounseling psychologyCACREP: not listedFunding not verified

Overview

An in-person, APA-accredited, 95-credit PhD in Counseling Psychology following the Boulder scientist-practitioner model, requiring full-time study, residence in Lexington, a dissertation and a one-year full-time internship at an APA-accredited site.

Official program name: Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.)
Awarded degree: PhD in Counseling Psychology
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Degree level: Doctoral — research doctorate (phd)
Counseling specialty: Counseling Psychology (related field)Counseling psychology programs are listed separately. A doctoral counseling psychology program prepares psychologists, a different profession with its own licensure; some master's programs in counseling psychology state a professional counselor pathway.
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Professional purpose: Professional purpose not verifiedWe did not find an official statement of the program's professional purpose.
School: University of Kentucky — Department of Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Location: Lexington, KY
Required credits: 95 credit hours
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Duration: five years for most post-master's students; seven years for most pre-master's students (entry with or without an applied mental health master's degree)
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Start terms: Fall
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Teaching language: English (not separately stated)

Why this program is listed

APA-accredited counseling psychology PhD (related classification).

Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

We list counseling bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees whose official program is counselor preparation in a named specialty, and — separately labelled — counseling psychology. Generic psychology, education, social work and standalone MFT degrees are excluded. Eligibility rules

Format and campus attendance

How coursework is delivered and whether you must come to campus for it. Practicum and internship are a separate requirement, shown in the next section. “Fully online coursework” appears only when the school says no campus attendance is required.

Academic delivery: On campusClasses meet in person on campus.
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Class schedule: Not verified
Study intensity: Full-time
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Practicum, internship and placements

Supervised fieldwork in a clinical, community or school setting, as the school publishes it. For online programs this happens in person, usually near where you live — whatever the coursework format.

Internship: RequiredOne-year, full-time internship at an APA-accredited site, which usually requires relocation to another state.
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Placement arrangements and supervision

Not published on the pages we checked. Ask who finds the practicum site, whether sites in your area are approved and how supervision works.

How practicum and internship placements work

Curriculum

Dissertation

Completion of a dissertation.
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the university states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the university printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadline
December 1 (annual) · for Fall 2027
The university does not print a year with this date.
Source: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Year not printed

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Tuition for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Funding

Funding policy and awards exactly as the school publishes them. Competitive scholarships and assistantships are not guaranteed funding; loans must be repaid and are not scholarships. Counseling tuition and scholarships

Funding classification: Funding not verified

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable.

Scholarships, fellowships or assistantships for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation and enrollment restrictions

Institutional accreditation covers the whole school; programmatic accreditation (CACREP) covers only the specialty and degree it lists. Enrollment restrictions for online students are a separate question.

Institutional accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Programmatic accreditation

American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (APA)Status: AccreditedSource: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Published enrollment restrictions (state authorization)

The University of Kentucky is a participating institution of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA); programs in licensed fields may not be available in every state. Official pageSource: online.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

International applicants

Not verified for this program.

Licensure and professional disclosures

What the school publishes about professional licensure or certification. Meeting a state's educational requirements is only one part of licensure: examinations, post-degree supervised experience, background checks and a board application follow. This directory does not decide whether you qualify.

LicensureStates may have additional requirements; applicants seeking licensure should determine whether the degree meets educational requirements in their state. Official disclosureSource: education.uky.edu · verified October 12, 2026

CACREP accreditation does not guarantee licensure in every state, and school counselor certification is not the same as clinical counselor licensure. LPC, LMHC and other state titles · School counselor credentials

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 12, 2026.

education.uky.edu/academics/graduate/counseling-psychology-phd — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
online.uky.edu/authorization-licensure — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026
DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026

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Key facts

Degree
PhD · DoctoralPurpose not verified
Specialty
Counseling Psychology (related field)
CACREP
Not listed for this program
Delivery
On campus
Campus attendance
On-campus classes
Practical training
On-campus classes; internship required
Study intensity
Full-time
Length
five years for most post-master's students; seven years for most pre-master's students (entry with or without an applied mental health master's degree) · 95 credit hours
Tuition
Not verified
Next deadline
No upcoming verified date
Location
Lexington, KY

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