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Clinical Psychologist vs Educational Psychologist

Same points, same date — which occupation gives you the better odds?

Clinical Psychologist

272311·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Est. wait~4 mo

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 1 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)19 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE3

Youtop 16% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores16

This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places

You · #4

★

front of queue1,025 est. places

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Educational Psychologist

272312·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Est. wait189 effectively closed

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 1 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)8 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE1

Youtop 13% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores7

This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places

You · #2

★

front of queue1,025 est. places

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Together

Queue position Educational Psychologist has 3.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 3).

Latest round Clinical Psychologist's latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 85 for Educational Psychologist.

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	Clinical Psychologist272311	Educational Psychologist272312
Capacity	1025 · FY2026-27	1025 · FY2026-27
Standing	#— of 196	#— of 196
Queue position	3 ahead	1 ahead
Latest round	2026-06-04 · 75 pts	2025-08-21 · 85 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend	17	7
EOI data · submission & invitation trend	—	—
Next round	—	—
Open states	3 listed	3 listed
Invited profile	—	—
Assessing authority	APS	APS

Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 2723 share 1,025 places left.

189 places · 2026-27estimated

1,089est. ceiling

1,025est. 189 places · 1,025 left

Unit group 2723 · 2025-26 official: 1,056 ceiling · 992 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 12 data points

957860

75you 85

20222023June 26

189 places · 2026-27estimated

1,089est. ceiling

1,025est. 189 places · 1,025 left

Unit group 2723 · 2025-26 official: 1,056 ceiling · 992 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 4 data points

907865

70707585you 85

20222023Aug 25

Standing

Clinical Psychologist ranks higher: #19 vs #1 for Educational Psychologist.

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 62%

▲ Rising +10 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 5 of 5 rounds · Regular
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

9last FY

19this FY

▲ +111%

Round to round · last 2 FY

▲ Rising · invites per round

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 90%

▼ Falling −1 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 2 of 5 rounds · Occasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

2last FY

1this FY

▼ −50%

Round to round · last 2 FY

—

▼ Falling · invites per round

Queue position

Educational Psychologist has 3.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 3).

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 6

75POINTS

3/6 met

80POINTS

4/6 met

85POINTS

6/6 met

90POINTS

6/6 met

95POINTS

6/6 met

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 4

75POINTS

3/4 met

80POINTS

3/4 met

85POINTS

4/4 met

90POINTS

4/4 met

95POINTS

4/4 met

Latest round

Clinical Psychologist's latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 85 for Educational Psychologist.

189 · last round 4 June 2026↓ Easing

Min points75

Invited0

Rounds FY3

Down from 80 vs previous round

75–85 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses190 · 85 pts · 1 Feb 2026491 · 90 pts · 18 Dec 2023

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189 · last round 21 Aug 2025↑ Rising

Min points85

Invited0

Rounds FY1

Up from 75 vs previous round

70–85 pts over last 4 rounds

Other subclasses491 · 70 pts · 25 May 2023

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Educational Psychologist has a smaller EOI pool: 7 (+2 vs last month) vs 17 (+3) for Clinical Psychologist.

EOI pool by points · 08/202617 in the pool

14451you11

6070808595

Queue at your points · 6 months

3 at 85+ pts

▲ 2 vs last month

EOI pool by points · 08/20267 in the pool

2131you

6570757585

Queue at your points · 6 months

1 at 85+ pts

▲ 1 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

Clinical Psychologist drew more invitations last month: 5 vs 1 for Educational Psychologist. Pools: 17 (+3) vs 7 (+2).

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest17

MoM change+3(21.4%)

Peak monthMar 2620

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Apr 24Jun 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest5

MoM change-4(-44.4%)

Peak monthNov 2510

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest7

MoM change+2(40.0%)

Peak monthAug 267

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Feb 24Aug 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest1

MoM change0(0.0%)

Peak monthAug 252

Next round

No next-round estimate available.

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited70DOE ≤ Feb 26

If 50 invitedqueue cleared

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invitedqueue cleared

If 50 invitedqueue cleared

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Open states

Both are open in the same number of states.

Subclass 189 is the federal, points-tested stream — states do not nominate for it. Switch to 190 or 491 to compare open states.

Invited profile

At least one occupation has no state-nomination community data, so this row isn't compared.

Subclass 189 has no state-nomination community data. Compare on 190 or 491 to see an invited profile.

Assessing authority

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