The PCOM School of Professional and Applied Psychology offers cutting-edge, innovative, competency-based graduate programs designed to train competent practitioners and scholars in the fields of clinical psychology, school psychology, and counseling.

Our programs aim to produce practitioners and scholars who are committed to a cognitive-behavioral empirically-based model of practice and who are dedicated to and embrace inter-professional collaboration and individual and cultural diversity. Our academic programs prepare individuals to provide services to a variety of populations including children, youth, adults and organizations in a variety of settings including clinics, schools, hospitals, private practices and organizations in the profit and not for profit sectors.

School of Professional and Applied Psychology

The School of Professional and Applied Psychology Faculty Committee on Admissions utilizes a rolling admissions policy. Therefore, applications for each program will be considered throughout the year as received until the desired enrollment has been achieved. Applications for the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) program can be submitted online via PsyCAS.  Applications for all other programs within the School of Professional and Applied Psychology can be submitted through the PCOM Online Application by visiting pcom.edu/admissions then clicking on the program of interest under HOW TO APPLY.

The Faculty Committee on Admissions screens the applications, invites some applicants for an interview, evaluates the applicants and selects the new students. Following the completion of the admissions process, each applicant is notified of the Admission Committee’s decision in writing, including any conditions that must be satisfied prior to or following enrollment.

All programs within the School of Professional and Applied Psychology begin in the Fall term (early September start).