Graduate School

Our students have attended a wide variety of graduate institutions, including:

  • The American University

  • American School of Professional Psychology

  • Arizona State University

  • Boston College

  • Brown University

  • University of California, Los Angeles

  • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

  • University of Chile

  • Columbia University

  • University of Denver

  • Darmouth College

  • Drexel University

  • Duquesne University

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • University of Florida

  • The George Washington University

  • George Mason University

  • Goucher College

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Johns Hopkins University

  • University of Kentucky

  • Lancaster University, UK

  • Loyola University of MD

  • Marymount University

  • University of Maryland (UMD School of Social Work, UMD School of Medicine, UMCP, UMBC, UMUC, UMB)

  • McDaniel College

  • Michigan State University

  • University of Minnesota

  • UNC Chapel Hill

  • New Mexico State University

  • New York University

  • The Notre Dame University

  • Nova Southeastern University

  • The Ohio State University

  • Old Dominion University

  • University of Oxford

  • Pacific Lutheran University

  • Pacific Graduate School of Psychology at Palo Alto University

  • Pennsylvania State University

  • University of Pittsburgh

  • Shippensburg University

  • St. Mary's College of Maryland

  • Temple University

  • University of Texas at Austin

  • Towson University

  • University of South Carolina

  • University of St. Thomas

  • Vanderbilt University

  • Villanova University

  • Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Yale University

The majority of these students have enrolled in graduate programs in psychology, including: clinical psychology, counseling psychology, developmental psychology, family psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, neuroscience, school psychology, social psychology, and sports psychology.

A number have entered graduate programs in social work and many others have pursued teaching (early childhood, elementary, and special education were the most frequent). Other fields represented include criminal justice/criminology, human resources, medicine and nursing, law, business (MBA programs), occupational and physical therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Use the links under careers and/or the index to explore the myriad of graduate school and career paths our psychology alumni have taken.

If you are interested in speaking with a certain alum about their graduate school and/or career experiences, just ask the academic program support coordinator, Angie Draheim '03 (ardraheim@smcm.edu, 240-895-4290). She'll network to get you contact information.