William James College

Private · MA

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationMA · Northeast

SettingUrban

Undergrads39

Student:faculty3:1

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Community

Racial diversity59%

Gender diversity84.6%

International0%

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Overview

William James College, in Newton, Massachusetts, specializes in psychology and behavioral health and is primarily a graduate institution training clinicians — clinical psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals. It maintains a much smaller undergraduate footprint focused on psychology and human services, functioning largely as a pipeline into its graduate programs.

Academics

Its signature graduate offering is a doctoral program in clinical psychology (PsyD) with a practice-oriented rather than research-oriented emphasis, alongside master's programs in counseling, school psychology, and related mental-health fields. The college has built specific programming around addressing the mental health workforce shortage, including tracks aimed at underserved populations and expanding the pipeline of practicing clinicians.

After graduation

Graduates move into clinical practice, school psychology, counseling, and behavioral-health administration, with the college's practice-first orientation aimed squarely at producing licensed, practicing clinicians rather than academic researchers. Its identity and reputation are almost entirely tied to the mental-health field specifically.

Worth knowing

Undergraduates should understand this is fundamentally a graduate-oriented institution built around psychology and mental health; the small undergraduate program exists largely for students already set on that specific career path.

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Admissions

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Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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