APA-ACCREDITED PROGRAMS
APA-Accredited Programs
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Your education in psychology is perhaps the largest investment you will make in your future. APA accreditation assures the public, licensing boards and potential employers that you have a sound educational and scientific foundation on which to build a successful career in psychology.
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Search hundreds of APA-accredited master’s, doctoral, internship, and postdoctoral residency programs.
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 SITE VISITS: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, site visits for the majority of programs scheduled to be visited in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 have been shifted. Please note that the “next site visit date” listed for each program does not represent an expiration of accreditation. It represents a timeline for a program’s next periodic review. The accreditation status of the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 programs will not be impacted by site visit delays. Cycle shifts are listed here.
Other Accreditation Statuses
Learn more about programs applying for initial accreditation, applying for eligible status or withdrawing from accreditation.
Accredited Program Lists
Note: these lists are updated annually.
2022
Doctoral
(PDF, 477KB)
Doctoral internship
(PDF, 610KB)
Postdoctoral
(PDF, 325KB)
2021
Doctoral
(PDF, 484KB)
Doctoral internship
(PDF, 610KB)
Postdoctoral
(PDF, 328KB)
Program Accreditation Decisions
Accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation are required to notify regional accreditors, selected specialized recognized accreditors and state agencies responsible for postsecondary education of final accreditation decisions.
Below are the official actions taken by the APA Commission on Accreditation regarding accreditation status at recent meetings. This page includes links to three most recent meetings; however, the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation also maintains on its website a comprehensive database of all APA-accredited programs.
The definitions of all accreditation statuses can be found in the Accreditation Operating Procedures
(PDF, 817KB), pages 6-7.
2024 MEETINGS
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Fall (withdrawals)
Summer (Special Notice of Action)
Summer
Summer (Master’s)
Summer (withdrawals)
Spring (Special Notice of Action)
Spring
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