Sacramento carries 2 COAMFTE-accredited programs in marriage and family therapy, at master's and doctoral level. Below: the published record on graduates, and the federal figures for what the work pays nearby.
How are Sacramento’s accredited MFT programs ranked?
Ranking here follows the California model exactly, so the accredited MFT programs in Sacramento score as they do statewide: outcomes weighted heaviest, disclosure next, accreditation standing last. Nothing has been adjusted for the smaller field, and each name opens the full entry.
| # | Program | Level | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alliant University - Sacramento (MA) Scored 90.9 of 100, with 54.1 of 60 from a record covering 8 completed cohorts and 139 students. | Master's | 90.9 | Full record |
| 2 | Alliant University - Sacramento (PsyD) Scored 70.9 of 100, with 34.1 of 60 from a record covering 5 completed cohorts and 44 students. | Doctoral | 70.9 | Full record |
What do marriage and family therapists earn around Sacramento?
Marriage and family therapists near Sacramento are counted by the survey as part of Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, and the pay below is that area's. It describes the whole workforce there rather than the output of the programs listed above.
Ten per cent earn below $47,150; ten per cent above $150,150. Private practice sits toward the top of that range and agency work toward the bottom.
At 2.98 times the national rate per job, the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area is better supplied with this work than most. How many posts exist is a different question from what they pay.
Which other cities in California have accredited MFT programs?
California has accredited MFT programs in other cities too, listed here. For the complete picture, including programs in places the wage survey does not break out, the state ranking holds all of them.
Every master's program in California . Every doctoral program in California .
Common questions about MFT programs in Sacramento
How many accredited MFT programs are there in Sacramento?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Sacramento?
Is a degree from Sacramento enough to get licensed?
Why do some programs in Sacramento score lower than others?
Where do these figures come from?
These figures come from the accreditor, the programs and the federal government, in that order of use. COAMFTE's directory fixes what counts as accredited in Sacramento; each program's own disclosure fixes its rates; the wage survey fixes the pay. Nothing is modeled in between.