Prospective Students

Faculty Accepting Students for Fall 2024:

  • Gyeongcheol Cho
  • Mike DeKay
  • Jolynn Pek
  • Trish Van Zandt

Prospective graduate students are encouraged to reach out directly to faculty accepting students to discuss research interests. Students from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply! See departmental information on applications in which diverse students may qualify for a waiver in application fees.

For general inquiries about the program, OSU, or quantitative psychology in general, email QuantPsych.OSU@gmail.com.

Life as a Grad Student at OSU:

OSU offers many opportunities and benefits to their graduate students including a large network of internship/ employment opportunities, training in teaching, support to attend workshops and conferences, as well as the possibility of enrolling in a dual degree program (such as statistics). Students are encourages to collaborate with students and faculty in other areas of psychology and across the campus.

In addition, the cost of living in Columbus is low and the vibrancy of the small city provides entertainment and fulfillment beyond the classroom. Students are provided with excellent health care through the university and are able to participate in any of the wide range of events hosted by OSU.

For more information about the Psychology Program at OSU, please visit the department website.

Employment After Graduation: 

Training in quantitative psychology provides students with a wide range of skills that can be applied to jobs in many different fields, not only academic psychological research. Employment in academia, industry, and government are all tracks that previous alumni from the program have taken. Alumni have gone on to work for companies such as ETS, Google, Vector Psychometric Group and other consulting firms, and many R1 universities.

To learn more about careers in Quantitative Psychology, visit the American Psychological Association site on Pursuing a Career in Quantitative Psychology.

Testimonials from Alumni:

“Ohio State’s Quantitative Psychology PhD program was my first choice when I applied, and it is still first in my heart. The breadth of expertise of the faculty, the high quality training, the ability to collaborate across departments (e.g., education, statistics), and the camaraderie among graduate students all made my graduate experience the best it could be. As I’ve started my own faculty position at UCLA in Quantitative Psychology, I see the value of many of my training experiences, and aim to bring those to my students as well. Ohio State also has the added benefit of being in an affordable environment. Columbus is a great place to be a graduate student, with a lively arts scene, craft beer, proximity to lots of outdoor activities, and the school providing many fun events for students to attend. I’ve always taken the approach of work-hard-play-hard, and living in Columbus made that very easy. So much of my learning and growth at Ohio State came from not just a single advisor, but a community of scholars focused on fostering an environment where you can become a critical scholar, a strong public speaker, a teacher, and a member of a larger academic community. Ohio State breeds opportunity, which is exactly what you need to succeed in graduate school. Take the opportunities that help shape you into the scholar you want to be!”

-Dr. Amanda Montoya, Assistant Professor, UCLA

“I enthusiastically encourage anyone who is interested to join the Quantitative Psychology program at Ohio State.  The professors are all experts in their fields and are incredibly flexible and accommodating to different interests a student might have.  For example, I earned a Master’s in Applied Statistics while I was in the program, something that broadened my academic exposure and helped me land the job I have today.  Graduates have gone on to be successful in both academic or industry positions across multiple fields and sub-disciplines – this program can open many possible doors.
Perhaps most importantly, I always felt a warmth and a positivity within the program.  It was common for students to hang out together off-campus and to collaborate on projects together – there is absolutely no sense of competition between students or faculty members.  The culture within the program is extremely healthy, which I always appreciated when I was a student.
Oh yeah, and Columbus is awesome!  It is a great place to be a student – there are many things to do, but the city’s size isn’t overwhelming or expensive for a student trying to balance work and life.”
-Dr. Jack DiTrapani, International Graduate Trainee in Predictive Analytics, Munich Reinsurance