2008 APPIC Match: Survey of Internship Applicants
Part 2: Summary of Applicant Placement by Applicant and Program Characteristics
September 1, 2008
This report is the second of three parts of the results from the survey of applicants who were registered for the 2008 APPIC Match, and provides match rates across a variety of applicant and program characteristics.
Please note:
1. Many of these characteristics are likely to be correlated
(e.g., having children, being older, geographic restrictions).
One should not assume cause-and-effect relationships based on
this data.
2. No significance testing has been performed on this data.
Thus, one should not assume that differences are significant.
3. Some results with small n's have not had the match rate
calculated.
4. Applicants who withdrew from the Match or did not submit a
Rank Order List were counted as "unmatched."
5. Match rates are calculated based on the information provided
by respondents to the survey.
All 3,759 applicants who registered for the APPIC Match were sent an e-mail message (along with two reminder e-mails) about the availability of the survey at a specific internet address. A total of 2,637 internship applicants (70%) completed some or all of the survey.
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1. Placement of Matched Applicants by Type of Doctoral Program
Clin PhD Clin PsyD Couns School
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Armed Forces Med Ctr 1.2% 3.8% 2.2% 0.0%
Child/Adol Psych/Pediatric 20.7% 14.9% 5.0% 29.2%
Comm Mental Health Center 11.3% 26.5% 13.3% 10.4%
Consortium 12.3% 7.1% 6.5% 19.8%
Medical School 27.2% 6.9% 2.9% 13.2%
Prison/Other Correctional 2.7% 6.9% 2.5% 0.0%
Private General Hospital 7.6% 6.6% 2.2% 2.8%
Private Outpatient Clinic 2.8% 6.6% 2.9% 4.7%
Private Psych Hospital 3.7% 4.7% 2.9% 0.9%
Psychology Dept 2.5% 2.5% 1.8% 1.9%
School District 1.1% 1.4% 0.7% 42.5%
State/County/Oth Pub Hosp 13.5% 13.1% 5.8% 6.6%
University Counseling Ctr 4.9% 13.6% 51.8% 0.0%
VA Medical Center 25.3% 10.5% 16.5% 0.0%
Other 2.6% 4.7% 2.2% 9.4%
NOTE: Respondents were permitted to provide multiple responses
in defining the setting of their placement; thus, columns add
to more than 100%. Combined programs omitted due to small n.
2. Type of Doctoral Program
Clinical Match rate = 79% n = 2091
Counseling Match rate = 86% n = 328
School Match rate = 84% n = 127
Combined Match rate = 82% n = 62
3. Degree sought:
Ph.D. Match rate = 84% n = 1521
Psy.D. Match rate = 76% n = 1104
4. Accreditation (APA or CPA) status of doctoral program:
Accredited Match rate = 81% n = 2488
Not Accredited Match rate = 60% n = 139
5. Location of doctoral program:
United States Match rate = 80% n = 2525
Canada Match rate = 86% n = 80
Other Match rate = 61% n = 18
6. Doctoral program housed within a religiously-affiliated
institution?
Yes Match rate = 83% n = 356
No Match rate = 80% n = 2256
7. Model of doctoral program:
Scientist-Practitioner Match rate = 84% n = 1292
Practitioner-Scholar or Match rate = 75% n = 1005
Scholar-Practitioner
Practitioner Match rate = 73% n = 30
Clinical Scientist Match rate = 84% n = 116
Local Clinical Scientist Match rate = 77% n = 56
Other Match rate = 81% n = 126
8. Years enrolled in current doctoral program (includes the
current academic year; excludes other graduate programs;
does not include year of internship):
2nd Year Match rate = 67% n = 24
3rd Year Match rate = 78% n = 362
4th Year Match rate = 80% n = 1106
5th Year Match rate = 83% n = 749
6th Year Match rate = 84% n = 255
7th Year Match rate = 82% n = 81
8th Year or greater Match rate = 64% n = 50
9. Status prior to entering current doctoral program:
No prior graduate training Match rate = 82% n = 1533
Master's degree in psychology Match rate = 80% n = 618
Master's degree in mental health Match rate = 78% n = 215
field other than psychology
Master's degree in unrelated field Match rate = 69% n = 81
Enrolled in Master's program in Match rate = 73% n = 67
psychology but did not receive
a degree
10. Size of doctoral class (i.e., number of students who
began doctoral program in the same year as respondent)
1 - 10 students Match rate = 85% n = 1208
11 - 20 students Match rate = 80% n = 482
21 - 30 students Match rate = 75% n = 335
31 - 40 students Match rate = 70% n = 138
41 - 50 students Match rate = 78% n = 130
51 - 60 students Match rate = 68% n = 79
61 - 70 students Match rate = 79% n = 52
71 - 80 students Match rate = 76% n = 63
81 - 90 students Match rate = 72% n = 36
91 - 100 students Match rate = 71% n = 49
101 and greater Match rate = 83% n = 37
11. Number of times participating in Match:
First time in Match Match rate = 81% n = 2392
Second time in Match Match rate = 76% n = 220
Third time in Match Match rate = 78% n = 9
Fourth time in Match n = 2
12. Response to the following item: "My doctoral program
faculty provided a high level of support for my
internship application and interview experience."
Strongly Agree Match rate = 86% n = 953
Agree Match rate = 80% n = 811
Neutral Match rate = 83% n = 336
Disagree Match rate = 74% n = 353
Strongly Disagree Match rate = 58% n = 169
13. Age of applicant:
Ages 23-25 Match rate = 80% n = 225
Ages 26-30 Match rate = 84% n = 1504
Ages 31-35 Match rate = 81% n = 477
Ages 36-40 Match rate = 68% n = 153
Ages 41-45 Match rate = 74% n = 73
Ages 46-50 Match rate = 55% n = 55
Ages 51-55 Match rate = 52% n = 48
Ages 56-60 Match rate = 76% n = 17
Ages 61+ n = 6
NOTE: These results should be interpreted
cautiously. There are many variables that may be
correlated with age (e.g., geographic restrictions,
having children, number of sites to which one applied).
Thus, the differences observed above, if significant,
may be due to factors other than (or in addition to)
age.
14. Number of dependent children living with applicant:
None Match rate = 82% n = 2180
One or more Match rate = 74% n = 370
15. Number of adult dependents living with applicant:
None Match rate = 81% n = 2417
One or more Match rate = 67% n = 116
16. Current marital or relationship status:
Married/partnered Match rate = 82% n = 1382
Not married/partnered Match rate = 80% n = 1170
17. Country of citizenship:
United States Match rate = 80% n = 2345
Canada Match rate = 85% n = 113
Other Match rate = 85% n = 91
18. Gender:
Male Match rate = 82% n = 540
Female Match rate = 80% n = 2013
Other n = 3
19. Racial/Ethnic identification:
African-American/Black Match rate = 79% n = 154
American Indian/Alaskan Match rate = 75% n = 36
Native
Asian/Pacific Islander Match rate = 76% n = 158
Hispanic/Latino Match rate = 85% n = 187
White (non-hispanic) Match rate = 81% n = 2002
Bi-racial/Multi-racial Match rate = 78% n = 74
Other Match rate = 75% n = 63
20. Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual Match rate = 81% n = 2343
Gay Male Match rate = 76% n = 58
Lesbian Match rate = 83% n = 59
Bisexual Match rate = 76% n = 72
Other Match rate = 90% n = 10
21. Disability:
None Match rate = 81% n = 2334
Blind/Visually Impaired Match rate = 67% n = 6
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Match rate = 75% n = 8
Physical/Orthopedic Match rate = 73% n = 11
Learning Dis./Cognitive Match rate = 64% n = 33
Chronic Health Cond. Match rate = 78% n = 63
Mental Illness Match rate = 79% n = 29
Other Match rate = 60% n = 20
22. Geographic restriction on internship search:
None Match rate = 83% n = 1265
Due to significant family, Match rate = 70% n = 514
financial, and/or health
considerations
Due to personal preference Match rate = 85% n = 745
23. Completion of comprehensive / qualifying / preliminary
exams:
Prior to submitting Match rate = 82% n = 2122
internship applications
Later Match rate = 70% n = 161
24. Completion of proposal for dissertation or research
project:
Prior to submitting Match rate = 82% n = 1679
internship applications
Later Match rate = 79% n = 641
25. Number of publications listed on vita:
Zero Match rate = 77% n = 1043
One or more Match rate = 85% n = 1294
26. Number of presentations listed on vita:
Zero Match rate = 73% n = 497
One Match rate = 82% n = 254
Two Match rate = 81% n = 240
Three or more Match rate = 84% n = 1339