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Educational Psychology (School)

If you earn a doctor of philosophy (PhD) in school psychology, you’ll be among licensable applied psychologists who diagnosis and treat learning, emotional, social, and neurologic factors that may influence performance in schools and other settings. Training will also prepare you to be a consultant in policy formation and as a resource for others.

At Ball State, our doctoral school psychology program, which is part of our nationally acclaimed Teachers College, is among the top 10 in the nation in faculty publications, graduates in academic positions, and graduates who publish in school psychology periodicals. Our program is accredited by the American Psychological Association, National Association of School Psychologists and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Our program is based on the Scientist-Practitioner model, and you’ll have the opportunity to work with top-notch faculty members and have clinical and field-based opportunities seeing patients in our psychoeducational diagnostic intervention clinic and the Neuropsychology Laboratory. 

Apply today to the Graduate School and the educational psychology department. Learn how to defray tuition costs by becoming a graduate assistant and check out other options to pay for grad school.

Want more information? Contact Raymond Dean, the director of the PhD program in school psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, (Teachers College Building, room 524), Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0595, 765-285-8500.