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Major Overview for Forensic Psychology

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Overview for Forensic Psychology

A program that prepares individuals to apply clinical, counseling, school, and neuropsychology skills to the provision of psychological services within the criminal justice and civil legal systems, including consultation, assessment, and interventions. Includes instruction in the epidemiology of mental/behavioral disorders, risk factors for violence and criminality, profiling and patterning, psychological testing, prediction and intervention measurement, forensic assessment, criminal and civil law and procedures, secure environments, forensic treatment and intervention skills, and professional standards and ethics.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Forensic Psychology

Top 5 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Forensic Psychology among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
CUNY John Jay College Criminal Justice
New York, NY
410
(23.6%)
Minimally Selective$5,217
Tiffin University
Tiffin, OH
24
(9.2%)
Minimally Selective$25,172
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
24
(5.0%)
Minimally Selective$38,390
Castleton State College
Castleton, VT
11
(4.0%)
Minimally Selective$15,464
Saint Ambrose University
Davenport, IA
1
(0.2%)
Moderately Selective$29,105
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.