Adler School Of Professional Psychology

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Adler School of Professional Psychology is a private, co-educational school with its main campus in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded as The Adler Institute in 1952. Degree programs on include Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.), M.A. in Counseling Psychology: Art Therapy, M.A. in Gerontological Counseling, M.A. in Marriage & Family Counseling, and M.A. in Counseling & Organizational Psychology.

Adler School of Professional Psychology has numerous on-campus clubs and organizations including the Adler Black Students Association (ABSA), the Adler Ethnic Minority Student Association (AEMSA), the Adler School Art Therapy Student Association (ASATSA), and the Adler School Hybrid Student Association (ASHSA).

Adler School of Professional Psychology participates in various financial aid programs including Federal Stafford Loans, Federal Graduate PLUS Loans, and Alternative (Private) Loans. The school’s Library has a collection of roughly 10,000 circulating books, over 350 instructional audiovisual materials, and more than 80 journal subscriptions.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Trimester.
• Carnegie classification: Other specialized institutions.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 639 in 2009-2010 (591 full-time equivalent).

graduate students are 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 30% of the student body. About 15% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

Adler offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (15 awarded)

• Hypnotherapy/Hypnotherapist

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (189 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
• Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling