Sharon Rostosky
Director of Graduate Studies in Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology
Associate Professor
s.rostosky@uky.eduThe Educational Psychology program focuses on preparing scholars who have strong theoretical, conceptual, and practical ties to education and psychology and who possess exceptional skills in the areas of measurement, statistics, assessment, and research methodology. The program’s focus on social justice includes the scientific consideration of the multiple intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural factors that influence individuals’ cognition, affect, and behavior in diverse contexts. Graduate students in the program focus on at least one of four areas of specialization: multicultural education, quantitative methods, motivation, and human development. The Educational Psychology program offers two degree options: Master’s of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The Educational Psychology doctoral and master's programs are open for applications. The deadline for the PhD in Educational Psychology is December 1, 2024. The deadline for MS in Educational Psychology is February 1, 2025.
The Educational Psychology program prepares students for professional positions in academic institutions and professors or researchers and in a variety of public and private agencies in positions as policy makers, education advisers, and research consultants.
Career options are based on the focus of the student’s coursework and the level of degree earned. At the Master’s level, an individual might attain expertise in areas that would be readily marketable in a school system. The individual might work in curriculum development, training programs, setting up testing programs, research, and other areas. Additional job opportunities might be found in training departments of various industries or in divisions of state and federal agencies.
At the doctoral level, an individual’s expertise and marketability may be much broader. For example, graduates might opt to teach and/or do research and development in colleges and universities, become administrators in higher education, work in medical education or research, develop and manage training departments in industry, work in various areas of publishing, conduct product design and research and/or program development, consult for or head state and federal agencies, conduct measurement and evaluation in school districts, or establish a private consulting firm.
Applicants must meet the Graduate School admission requirements.
Fall: February 1
Fall: December 1
Sharon Rostosky
Director of Graduate Studies in Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology
Associate Professor
s.rostosky@uky.eduCollege of Education
Department of Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology
103 Dickey Hall
Lexington KY 40506
859-257-6076
