Kent State University

Clinical Psychology PhD

10 accepting

Accepting students for Fall 2027?

Yes. 10 faculty are listed as accepting new doctoral students for Fall 2027 as of September 23, 2026, taken from the program's own page and quoted below.

Faculty

Accepting students

  • Sarah Black
  • Jeffrey A. Ciesla
  • Karin Coifman
  • Christopher Flessner
  • John Gunstad
  • Joel W. Hughes
  • William V. Lechner
  • Amy Sato
  • Mary Beth Spitznagel
  • Trevor Williams
“The following faculty mentors will consider applications for new PhD students for the 2027-2028 incoming doctoral class.”
The program's own wording, quoted from its faculty page.

Applying

Deadline: December 1, 2026 (2026-2027 incoming doctoral class)GRE: optional3 references
  • Goal statement required
  • Minimum GPA 3.0 (junior-senior level)
  • 18 credit hours in psychology required
  • Prerequisite course in statistics required
  • Broad background in psychology required

Where these came from ↗ Checked August 17, 2026.

Check the program’s own page →Checked September 23, 2026

Status and faculty names on this page are read from the program’s own website and re-checked through the admissions season. Where the program publishes a sentence announcing who is accepting, that sentence is quoted above rather than summarised. The date beside each section is when we last read it — if you are deciding where to apply, confirm against the program page before you rely on it.

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