MFT Programs in Los Angeles, California (2026): Every Accredited Program

Anyone weighing marriage and family therapy in Los Angeles is weighing 2 accredited programs. This page scores them on the outcomes they have published, and puts the local pay for the license beside that.

How are Los Angeles’s accredited MFT programs ranked?

Accredited MFT programs in Los Angeles are ranked by outcome first. Transparency and accreditation standing adjust the total from there, and because all three are properties of the program itself, being listed under Los Angeles rather than California changes no score. The evidence column says how much record each one rests on.

Accredited MFT programs in Los Angeles, by program score
#	Program	Level	Score	Evidence
1	The Chicago School (MA) Scored 82.4 of 100, with 45.1 of 60 from a record covering 7 completed cohorts and 858 students.	Master's	82.4	Full record
2	The Chicago School (MA) A score of 13.1 out of 100 with the outcomes component empty. Read it as the ceiling for a program that has not disclosed, not as a verdict on how it teaches.	Master's	13.1	No results published

Scored on published outcomes, transparency and accreditation standing. Each program name links to its full entry on the California ranking.

What do marriage and family therapists earn around Los Angeles?

What marriage and family therapists earn around Los Angeles is published for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA rather than for the city alone, because that is the level the federal survey reports. The figures cover everyone holding the license in that area rather than any one program's graduates.

Median annual pay for marriage and family therapists, metro against state and nation
Area	Median	Employment
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$71,110	13,200 employed
California, statewide	$67,300	34,970 employed
United States	$66,940	66,740 employed

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, SOC 21-1013.

A tenth of the workforce here earns under $47,050 and a tenth over $118,020. That spread is driven more by employer type than by years served.

Per job in the area, this occupation appears at 4.91 times its national rate. Concentration and pay are separate things: a dense market can pay modestly, a thin one well.

Which other cities in California have accredited MFT programs?

Other cities in California with an accredited MFT program of their own are below. The state ranking covers every accredited program in California, including those in towns too small for the wage survey to report separately.

Alhambra 2 programs Anaheim 1 program Irvine 4 programs Loma Linda 4 programs Sacramento 2 programs San Diego 6 programs

Every master's program in California .

Common questions about MFT programs in Los Angeles

How many accredited MFT programs are there in Los Angeles?

Counting only COAMFTE accreditation, Los Angeles has 2 MFT programs, covering master's level. The count comes from the accreditor's own directory rather than from any institution's description of itself.

What do marriage and family therapists earn in Los Angeles?

Median earnings for this occupation around Los Angeles stand at $71,110, next to $67,300 for California. A graduate entering supervised practice should expect the lower part of the range rather than the middle of it.

Is a degree from Los Angeles enough to get licensed?

Licensure runs through the California board rather than through the program, so the degree qualifies you to begin accruing hours rather than to practice. Plan for the supervised period and the examination as part of the total time.

Why do some programs in Los Angeles score lower than others?

A lower number here is most often a disclosure gap rather than a teaching one. The composite rewards published outcomes, and a program that has published little cannot score as though it had. The evidence column makes that explicit.

Where do these figures come from?

These figures come from primary sources only. COAMFTE supplies the accreditation and the location, the programs supply their own graduate outcomes (The Chicago School and The Chicago School among them), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics supplies the wages. Where a figure is missing it is left missing.