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Counseling and Psychology Graduate Programs

Note: PAU would like to announce the closing of the Joint JD/PhD Program in Psychology and the Law with Golden Gate University Law School. The Joint Program has produced some of the best JD/PhD students in the country. This program is no longer being offered at this time.

Academic Programs

Program

Required Entry Degree

Length

Delivery

MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Bachelor’s Degree

9 or 11 quarters, depending on track
  • Hybrid: Palo Alto, Mountain View, and online
  • Online: 100% live remote classes with two required in-person residencies

MS in Psychology

Bachelor’s Degree

6 or 7 quarters, depending on concentration
  • Online
  • Students in the PhD Prep Concentration have one required in-person residency

PhD in Clinical Psychology

Bachelor's Degree

5 years
  • Palo Alto & Mountain View
PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision Bachelor's Degree 11 quarters (including summers)
  • Online
  • Palo Alto & Mountain View

PsyD PGSP-Stanford Consortium

Bachelor's Degree

5 years
  • Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Stanford

 

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Please direct all general inquiries to admissions@paloaltou.edu, or you can call 650-417-2039.
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