About
The Wright Institute is a graduate school located in Berkeley, California, founded in 1968. It focuses on clinical psychology and counseling, offering a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) and a Master of Arts (MA) in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis on understanding social issues and lifelong learning.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 4
- Dec 2022Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Apr 2018Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSYD) - PsyD Doctoral programs
- Oct 2017Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $13.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 106 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Wright Institute
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Wright Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Wright Institute selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Wright Institute | — | — | 518 | — | — |
Adler University | — | — | 1,631 | — | — |
California Institute of Integral Studies | — | — | 1,874 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
Pacifica Graduate Institute | — | — | 833 | — | — |
Palo Alto University | — | — | 1,065 | — | — |
Saybrook University | — | — | 1,057 | — | Doctoral/Professional |
Sofia University | — | — | 1,145 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Chicago | — | 34.5% | 1,100 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Los Angeles | 0% | 46.3% | 3,344 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Washington DC | — | — | 564 | — | — |
William James College | — | — | 967 | — | — |
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology | — | — | 78 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 0% | 40.4% | 1,061 | — |
Wright Institute Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides student achievement data for The Wright Institute's Clinical Psychology (PsyD) and Counseling Psychology (MA) programs. It includes retention, graduation rates, and average time to graduation for students. The address and contact phone number of the institute are also provided.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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