2011 APPIC Match: Survey of Internship Applicants
Part 2: Summary of Applicant Placement by Applicant and Program Characteristics
May 30, 2011
This report is the second of three parts of the results from the survey of applicants who were registered for the 2011 APPIC Match, and provides match rates across a variety of applicant and program characteristics.
Please note that most applicants completed the survey prior to the completion of Phase II of the Match, and thus these results primarily reflect matching that occurred only in Phase I.
This report is best viewed using a fixed-width font.
Important interpretation notes:
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 APPIC survey.
All 4,199 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 2,731 internship
applicants (65%) 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 1.5% 3.2% 5.1% 0.0%
Child/Adol Psych/Pediatric 18.3% 12.2% 7.9% 29.5%
Comm Mental Health Center 11.6% 25.5% 7.5% 12.6%
Consortium 13.8% 5.9% 4.8% 20.0%
Medical School 24.7% 6.5% 6.5% 9.5%
Prison/Other Correctional 3.9% 7.9% 2.1% 1.1%
Private General Hospital 9.0% 5.1% 1.4% 4.2%
Private Outpatient Clinic 3.9% 7.7% 1.7% 3.2%
Private Psych Hospital 3.0% 4.0% 0.3% 2.1%
Psychology Dept 2.9% 1.1% 0.0% 5.3%
School District 0.4% 2.3% 0.7% 54.7%
State/County/Oth Pub Hosp 13.1% 10.8% 3.8% 4.2%
University Counseling Ctr 4.2% 15.2% 48.3% 3.2%
VA Medical Center 27.6% 11.0% 20.2% 0.0%
Other 2.3% 4.1% 1.4% 2.1%
n = 825 844 292 95
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 = 2161
Counseling Match rate = 86% n = 343
School Match rate = 79% n = 123
Combined Match rate = 84% n = 80
3. Degree sought:
Ph.D. Match rate = 84% n = 1479
Psy.D. Match rate = 75% n = 1239
4. Accreditation (APA or CPA) status of doctoral program:
Accredited Match rate = 81% n = 2558
Not Accredited Match rate = 61% n = 160
5. Location of doctoral program:
United States Match rate = 80% n = 2566
Canada Match rate = 78% n = 123
Other Match rate = 63% n = 24
6. Doctoral program housed within a religiously-affiliated
institution?
Yes Match rate = 83% n = 372
No Match rate = 79% n = 2340
7. Model of doctoral program:
Scientist-Practitioner Match rate = 86% n = 1199
Practitioner-Scholar or Match rate = 75% n = 1149
Scholar-Practitioner
Practitioner Match rate = 65% n = 23
Clinical Scientist Match rate = 89% n = 131
Local Clinical Scientist Match rate = 57% n = 61
Practitioner-Scientist Match rate = 67% n = 98
Practitioner Informed by Match rate = 91% n = 33
Science
Other Match rate = 80% n = 30
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 = 79% n = 29
3rd Year Match rate = 74% n = 324
4th Year Match rate = 80% n = 1243
5th Year Match rate = 82% n = 750
6th Year Match rate = 81% n = 261
7th Year Match rate = 74% n = 76
8th Year or greater Match rate = 72% n = 36
9. Status prior to entering current doctoral program:
No prior graduate training Match rate = 81% n = 1530
Master's degree in psychology Match rate = 77% n = 672
Master's degree in mental health Match rate = 80% n = 269
field other than psychology
Master's degree in unrelated field Match rate = 76% n = 75
Enrolled in Master's program in Match rate = 83% n = 75
psychology but did not receive
a degree
Enrolled in Master's program in MH Match rate = 62% n = 21
field other than psychology but
did not receive a degree
Enrolled in Master's program in an Not Reported n = 11
unrelated field but did not
receive a degree
Other Match rate = 82% n = 73
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 = 1136
11 - 20 students Match rate = 82% n = 474
21 - 30 students Match rate = 75% n = 395
31 - 40 students Match rate = 72% n = 193
41 - 50 students Match rate = 73% n = 118
51 - 60 students Match rate = 69% n = 109
61 - 70 students Match rate = 82% n = 93
71 - 80 students Match rate = 70% n = 53
81 - 90 students Match rate = 79% n = 38
91 - 100 students Match rate = 72% n = 75
101 and greater Match rate = 59% n = 22
11. Number of times participating in Match:
First time in Match Match rate = 81% n = 2460
Second time in Match Match rate = 69% n = 234
Third time in Match Match rate = 61% n = 18
Fourth time in Match Not Reported n = 5
12. Number of applications submitted:
1 to 5 applications Match rate = 62% n = 143
6 to 10 applications Match rate = 72% n = 258
11 to 15 applications Match rate = 83% n = 946
16 to 20 applications Match rate = 81% n = 912
21 to 25 applications Match rate = 84% n = 321
26 or more applications Match rate = 74% n = 132
13. Number of interview offers received:
1 to 2 interviews Match rate = 52% n = 385
3 to 4 interviews Match rate = 69% n = 516
5 to 6 interviews Match rate = 85% n = 538
7 to 8 interviews Match rate = 92% n = 433
9 to 10 interviews Match rate = 95% n = 355
11 or more interviews Match rate = 99% n = 417
14. 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 = 87% n = 928
Agree Match rate = 80% n = 867
Neutral Match rate = 77% n = 398
Disagree Match rate = 70% n = 320
Strongly Disagree Match rate = 63% n = 143
15. Response to the following item: "I worked closely with
other students in my program throughout this process
(e.g., sharing information, giving and receiving
support)."
Strongly Agree Match rate = 85% n = 889
Agree Match rate = 77% n = 887
Neutral Match rate = 79% n = 369
Disagree Match rate = 76% n = 349
Strongly Disagree Match rate = 75% n = 149
16. Age of applicant:
Ages 23-25 Match rate = 75% n = 211
Ages 26-30 Match rate = 84% n = 1611
Ages 31-35 Match rate = 81% n = 506
Ages 36-40 Match rate = 65% n = 125
Ages 41-45 Match rate = 68% n = 71
Ages 46-50 Match rate = 63% n = 40
Ages 51-55 Match rate = 50% n = 28
Ages 56+ Match rate = 40% n = 15
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.
17. Number of dependent children living with applicant:
None Match rate = 82% n = 2224
One or more Match rate = 71% n = 383
18. Number of adult dependents living with applicant:
None Match rate = 80% n = 2480
One or more Match rate = 74% n = 110
19. Current marital or relationship status:
Married/partnered Match rate = 81% n = 1371
Not married/partnered Match rate = 79% n = 1228
20. Country(ies) of citizenship:
United States Match rate = 80% n = 2365
Canada Match rate = 78% n = 157
Other Match rate = 81% n = 161
21. Gender:
Male Match rate = 79% n = 540
Female Match rate = 80% n = 2050
Other Not Reported n = 5
22. Racial/Ethnic identification:
African-American/Black Match rate = 83% n = 169
American Indian/Alaskan Match rate = 84% n = 25
Native
Asian/Pacific Islander Match rate = 84% n = 190
Hispanic/Latino Match rate = 72% n = 206
White (non-hispanic) Match rate = 80% n = 1957
Bi-racial/Multi-racial Match rate = 84% n = 85
Other Match rate = 87% n = 77
NOTE: The last time this analysis was conducted, in
2008, the Hispanic/Latino group had the highest Match
Rate of any group listed. See the "Match Statistics"
page at www.appic.org and click on the 2008 applicant
survey results, part 2.
23. Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual Match rate = 80% n = 2361
Gay Male Match rate = 81% n = 59
Lesbian Match rate = 83% n = 57
Bisexual Match rate = 74% n = 85
24. Disability:
None Match rate = 80% n = 2343
Blind/Visually Impaired Match rate = 73% n = 11
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Match rate = 89% n = 9
Physical/Orthopedic Match rate = 67% n = 15
Learning Disability Match rate = 75% n = 44
Cognitive Disability Not Reported n = 3
Chronic Health Cond. Match rate = 86% n = 81
Mental Illness Match rate = 70% n = 33
Other Match rate = 72% n = 18
NOTE: These results should be interpreted cautiously
due to low or very low sample sizes.
25. Geographic restriction on internship search:
None Match rate = 81% n = 1537
Due to significant family, Match rate = 71% n = 465
financial, and/or health
considerations
Due to personal preference Match rate = 85% n = 594
26. Scope of geographic restriction:
Single city or town, or Match rate = 72% n = 313
within 100-mile radius
of a city/town
State/Province Match rate = 78% n = 175
Region of the country Match rate = 83% n = 444
27. Completion of comprehensive / qualifying / preliminary
exams:
Prior to submitting Match rate = 83% n = 2045
internship applications
Later Match rate = 66% n = 113
28. Completion of proposal for dissertation or research
project:
Prior to submitting Match rate = 84% n = 1741
internship applications
Later Match rate = 71% n = 478
29. Number of articles published in refereed journals:
Zero Match rate = 78% n = 1271
One or more Match rate = 86% n = 955
30. Number of professional presentations at regional, state, national,
or international meetings/conferences:
Zero Match rate = 75% n = 553
One Match rate = 76% n = 244
Two Match rate = 75% n = 203
Three Match rate = 81% n = 151
Four Match rate = 82% n = 119
Five Match rate = 86% n = 141
Six or more Match rate = 89% n = 805