Alliant International University — Attraction in Emeryville

⚠️Please consider other institutions if you are a prospective student. (2025 Updated) (2023) The PsyD program is an absolute disgrace. There are individual faculty and staff members who are amazing, but the administration as a whole is very disorganized. There is a severe lack of communication with students and they handle issues very unprofessionally, in contrast to the school’s name. The faculty in charge make decisions that jeopardize students’ futures while keeping them in the dark about it. Office of Practical Training regularly does not answer student's inquiries/concerns, or offer much support. Current students are finding ways to leave this program because the $40k/year is really not worth it. (2025) The professors who have been wonderful have one by one left the school. Faculty is now improperly defending ethically questionable practices without valid justification, which creates subpar learning environments for students and sets a poor example in the field of clinical psychology. Students are afraid of possible retaliation for speaking up, school then uses the silence to show nothing is wrong- almost like "if nobody catches us we can get away with it". Also Office of Practical Training still not very responsive. TLDR: As a student you have to advocate strongly for yourself/peers on top of managing regular academics and clinical work- which is incredibly tiring- and you may receive strong pushback for doing so. Alliant demonstrates very low standards themselves, often for the sake of faculty convenience, and then expects students to meet their very high expectations which in my opinion does not train up strong clinical...

While there are hiccups here like in any university, I am a third-year PsyD student and love Alliant. The professors are excellent and kind, the class sizes are small, the administration cares deeply about the success of its students, and the student body is diverse. I would recommend Alliant to anyone seeking a professional PhD or PsyD program that puts a strong emphasis on multicultural awareness. One drawback is that, due to the small student body, there are no classes in DBT or narrative therapy and just one class in trauma. A larger program would have more...

The Online teacher credentialing program is biased and inequitable with grading practices. The Online platform is difficult to use. Instructions are not always clear and it's very difficult to get any help from tech. The error could be in the user, however, because of the lack of communication, it is hard to know where the mistake is happening. They will happily take your money. There are many programs out there, think twice before signing on the...