Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Social and Health Psychology

The Applied Social & Health Psychology (ASHP) program is one of five doctoral programs within the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University. Students trained in this program develop a strong methodological background and learn to use multiple research techniques to investigate social issues that have major impacts on people, organizations, and communities. Through a selection of courses, active research involvement, and teaching opportunities, students tailor a program of study to their individual career goals. Graduates from the program go on to careers in academia, the private sector, and government agencies.

An official transcript of all collegiate work completed along with a certified translation into English.
An undergraduate grade point average of 3.000 (A = 4.000) is required by CSU regulation for admission.
Minimum TOEFL score for admission without condition is 550 (paper based), or 80 (internet based).
Minimum IELTS score for admission without condition is 6.5.

References: Ask the three persons to write letters of recommendation concerning your abilities and potential for graduate study. You will need to know the current email addresses of the people you are asking to write letters of recommendation, they will receive an email from CSU with instructions to submit the letter online. Your letter writers must submit the letters directly, they should not give you the letters to submit for them. All applicants should have letters written on letterhead by professors or other professionals with whom you have worked recently or who know you well. All letters should clearly refer to BOTH your FIRST and LAST names. We do not have a form for reference letters.

GRE: You may self-report your GRE scores in the application system, and we will consider these unofficial scores in evaluating your application. However, if your application is successful, you must submit your official scores to confirm the self-reported ones before you can be formally admitted to CSU. Send official electronic test scores using code 4075.

Psychology Subject Test: Psychology subject test scores are not required for all programs. The subject test score is required by the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program and the MAIOP program only for applicants who did not major in psychology as an undergraduate or in graduate school. As with GRE General Test scores, you may self-report your scores in the application, but must confirm them with official score reports if you are offered admission.
The following information and instructions have been written to assist the applicant in completing the application materials for our Graduate Programs. The application process is highly competitive with 500 plus applicants each year. Although the selection process is not based on GPA and GRE scores alone, we recommend that applicants have a GPA in the range of 3.2 to 3.6 or better, and GRE Verbal and Quantitative scores in the range of 50 to 70th percentile or better.

Across all graduate training programs in the Department, we offered positions to 21 out of 681 applicants for the 2017 term. The average GRE Verbal percentile was 80%, average GRE Quantitative percentile was 65%, and average GRE Writing percentile was 80%. The average GPA of applicants offered positions was 3.77.
Submit: (1) A resume or vita indicating your education, training and work experience, (2) a statement of your research interests which highlight areas of research that you would like to pursue during your graduate training, specific faculty members with whom you would like to work, and your previous or current research experience. (3) A sample of your scientific writing ability such as a senior honors thesis, term paper from a psychology course, laboratory report from an experimental course, or some similar material.