Your Membership
APA is continually enhancing the ways your membership can serve and help you excel in your career.
Welcome to APA
APA is a global community of people who dream big and lead the discipline and profession of psychology. Our members are as diverse as the discipline itself, yet we are united by our shared mission to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve lives.
We are continually enhancing APA’s services to meet your professional needs, increase the discipline’s influence on public policy and laws, and amplify the voice of psychology and psychologists on critical social issues.
Thank you for being an APA member.
APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD
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Types of membership
Requirements: Doctoral degree in psychology or a related field from a regionally accredited institution.
Requirements: Master’s degree or two years of graduate study in psychology or a related field at a regionally accredited institution.
Requirements: Must be a member of the psychological association of the country in which they reside or present evidence of appropriate qualifications.
Requirements: Must be a graduate student taking courses in psychology at a regionally accredited institution. Graduate student dues include membership in the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS).
Undergraduate Student Affiliate
Requirements: Must be an undergraduate student taking courses in psychology. Undergrads may join the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS).
Requirements: Must be a high school student. High school affiliates may join the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS).
Community College Teacher Affiliate
Requirements: Must be a psychology teacher at a two-year institution.
Requirements: Must be a psychology teacher at a secondary school otherwise not eligible for APA membership.
Requirements: Must have belonged to APA for 25 years and have reached the age of 65 to begin the dues-reduction process, culminating in dues exemption.
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- Access free CE
- Subscribe to databases and journals
- Update personal information
- Customize your interests
- Join a division
- Manage email preferences
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Help advance psychology through personal advocacy, volunteerism, and more. Together we can make a difference.
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