Prospective Students

Palo Alto University (PAU) offers a high-quality, tailored, competitive education with world-renowned faculty and instructors, at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Learn more: www.paloaltou.edu/admissions At PAU, students experience the following: - Faculty with rich, research-based backgrounds, and excellent teaching methods. - Clinical training with licensure options. - High internship placement rate including a 99% APA-accredited match rate for 2020-21 for the Ph.D. program,100% APA-accredited internship match rate for the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium program (in 2013 and 2014; see APA Data), and 98% practicum placement rate for the M.A. Counseling Program. - Tuition stabilization, guaranteeing no tuition increases for the duration of a student's program. - Regional accreditation by the WASC Senior Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC) for all degrees. - American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation for the PhD and PsyD programs.