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Hi all, I am an undergraduate psychology student and have been researching graduate programs in clinical psychology and need some help. My end goal is to do applied work, either working at the systems level or in private practice. According to what I have researched already, it seems that clinical PhD programs train you for a career in academia only (working as a tenured professor/doing research), a masters program is very expensive and may not qualify you to be a licensed therapist in some states, and a psyD is more practice oriented but ends up being very expensive as well (I really don't want to be in over my head in debt). I am willing to put in my blood, sweat and tears to earn a PhD in clinical psychology, but will it really prepare me to do applied work? Would a masters/PsyD suit my career goals better? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!