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COVID-19 Update: Our faculty and staff are working remotely at this time, but this does not mean we are closed. We’re here and ready to connect with you and to provide service via online delivery methods, phone, and email. Please reach out to us at info@williamjames.edu or 617-564-9376.
We are dedicated to ensuring that you have a comprehensive understanding of our programs. Our learning environment and the offered practical training make our graduates successful and valuable contributors to the mental health community.
The Admissions Office is your complete resource for understanding the opportunities and options available to you. We invite you to examine this web site, where you will find the following information among many other options:
In addition to our formal events and interviews, we know that the best way to learn about any program is to talk with people who have been through it.
We seek a diverse group of students who will form the next community of practitioners. A high level of academic and clinical aptitude are essential, as is a set of personal characteristics that will enable our students to function creatively and effectively in solving a wide variety of human problems. Each applicant is evaluated on a number of specific criteria, including:
Assessment of this potential is made in a variety of ways, including past academic performance, practical experience (if available), personal qualifications, references, and indications of the applicant’s commitment to the profession and the community.
The mean age of the entering students in the past five years has been 27: 75% women, 25% men, 13% minorities, and 13% foreign born students, and fewer than 1% of students with disabilities.
21% of the student body speak a foreign language:
| Language | From those who speak a foreign language |
| Spanish | 38% |
| Portuguese | 9% |
| French | 8% |
| Arabic | 7% |
| Russian | 7% |
| Creole | 6% |
| 20 Other Languages | 27% |
Additional Information
Please visit program specific admissions pages here.
Financial aid information is available here.
Learn more about our admissions and graduation rates for: Clinical Psychology, Counseling, Organizational & Leadership Psychology and School Psychology.
Most importantly, we are available in the Admissions office to assist you with all of your questions and to help you through the application process. We look forward to meeting you!
Contact us with a question:
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
617-564-9376
info@williamjames.edu
Mario Murga, MA
Director of Admissions
mario_murga@williamjames.edu
Joseph Luszcz
Associate Director of Admissions
joseph_luszcz@williamjames.edu
Julia Costa Rodenhiser
Enrollment & Retention Counselor, Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions
julia_rodenhiser@williamjames.edu
Elizabeth Beaton, Admissions Counselor
elizabeth_beaton@williamjames.edu
William James College has been approved by Massachusetts to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. NC-SARA is a voluntary, regional approach to state oversight of postsecondary distance education.
