All three of Colorado's accredited master's MFT programs are ranked below, not just the ones with results to show. All of them are scored on one scale, so the programs that publish nothing sit in the same order as the ones that do rather than in a list of their own.
Every accredited master's MFT program in Colorado, ranked
All 3 of Colorado’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. Three have a full published record behind their outcomes component.
- #1
Colorado State University (MS)
Fort Collins, CO
95.6
program score
Campus-basedMaster's8 scored cohortsWhat Colorado State University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time87.2%typical is 56.6%
- Working in the field100%typical is 94.9%
- Reached licensure97.4%typical is 96.8%
From 8 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Colorado
The market here is better supplied than the median state, at a median wage of $60,700. The range behind that runs from about $47,030 to $128,400, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Colorado State University runs this degree from Fort Collins, CO. Individual years swing hard, though, from 66.7% in 2016-2017 to 100% in 2017-2018, so the average is doing some hiding. The direction of travel is good: earlier cohorts graduated 83.4% on time, later ones 91.9%. Three of the programs ranked here are in Colorado, and this is one of them. Curriculum runs to 56 credits. Several cohorts are still running, 2 of them, the most recent entering in 2025-2026. Disclosure runs deeper than most, 8 cohorts complete out of 10 published. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 95.6 of 100, with 56.2 of 60 from a record covering 8 completed cohorts and 100 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025-2026 11 in process in process in process 2024-2025 11 in process in process in process 2023-2024 9 100% 100% 88.9% 2022-2023 9 88.9% 100% 88.9% 2021-2022 14 78.6% 100% 100% 2020-2021 9 100% 100% 100% Colorado State University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 56.2/6093.7 across 8 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 8 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 14.4/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2033-05
100 students admitted since 2015
- #2
University of Colorado Denver (MA)
Denver, CO
86.2
program score
Campus-basedMaster's3 scored cohortsWhat University of Colorado Denver publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time56.6%typical is 56.6%
- Working in the field94.7%typical is 94.9%
- Reached licensure96.8%typical is 96.8%
From 3 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Colorado
Colorado carries more of this work per head than most states, and pays a median of $60,700. Ten per cent earn under $47,030 and ten per cent over $128,400, a spread driven more by whether you are salaried or in practice than by years served.
What to know about it
The record here rests on cohorts of about 25 students. Finishing is the hard part here rather than getting hired: 56.6% graduate on time, and 94.7% of those who do find relevant work. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2022-2023 intake of 31: 33.3% finished on time, 100% found relevant work, 100% reached licensure. Three of the programs ranked here are in Colorado, and this is one of them. Next accreditation review falls in 2033.
Why it sits here Scored 86.2 of 100, with 46.8 of 60 from a record covering 3 completed cohorts and 159 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025-2026 26 in process in process in process 2024-2025 21 in process in process in process 2023-2024 28 in process in process in process 2022-2023 31 33.3% 100% 100% 2021-2022 33 75.9% 90.5% 95.7% 2020-2021 20 60% 93.8% 94.1% University of Colorado Denver program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 46.8/6078 across 3 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 3 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 14.4/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2033-05
159 students admitted since 2015
- #3
Regis University (MA)
Thornton, CO
84
program score
Campus-basedMaster's7 scored cohortsWhat Regis University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time56.1%typical is 56.6%
- Working in the field94.9%typical is 94.9%
- Reached licensure85.6%typical is 96.8%
From 7 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Colorado
The market here is better supplied than the median state, at a median wage of $60,700. Ten per cent earn under $47,030 and ten per cent over $128,400, a spread driven more by whether you are salaried or in practice than by years served.
What to know about it
Regis University runs this degree from Thornton, CO. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2021-2022 intake of 43: 63% finished on time, 90% found relevant work, 72% reached licensure. Intake has contracted, from about 50 a cohort early in the window to 17 now. Three of the programs ranked here are in Colorado, and this is one of them. Coursework named on its own page covers play therapy. Tuition on its own page runs to $896 a credit before fees. Next accreditation review falls in 2031. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 84 of 100, with 45.4 of 60 from a record covering 7 completed cohorts and 382 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025-2026 0 in process in process in process 2024-2025 25 in process in process in process 2023-2024 26 in process in process in process 2022-2023 28 in process in process in process 2021-2022 43 63% 90% 72% 2020-2021 29 59% 100% 94% Regis University program page The address COAMFTE lists for its outcome data
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 45.4/6075.6 across 7 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 7 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 13.7/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2031-11
382 students admitted since 2015
How is this ranking of Colorado MFT programs ordered?
The order of this ranking of Colorado MFT programs is built end to end from what the programs themselves publish, because all three of them report outcomes. The score is out of 100: 60 points for published results, 25 for whether the disclosure COAMFTE requires is actually there and reachable, and 15 for accreditation status and how long the current term runs.
Read a score in the twenties as "this program has not shown its results", never as "this program's results are poor". Nothing is imputed on a program's behalf; the missing component simply goes unearned, and the card explains that where it appears. COAMFTE requires this data to be published, which is why the absence is scorable at all.
Weights, thresholds and what the score deliberately leaves out are on the methodology page.
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Colorado?
Marriage and family therapists in Colorado earn a median of $60,700, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $6,240 below the national figure , and 26th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $47,030 at the tenth percentile to $128,400 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 900 of them, which is 0.73 times the national rate per head of population. For how that compares with the rest of the country, see the salary page.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in Colorado?
To get licensed as an MFT in Colorado you need a qualifying master's degree, which three accredited programs in the state can supply. The hour counts, coursework rules and examination requirements that follow are the Colorado board's to set and to change, and this page does not reprint them, because a stale figure copied from a directory is worse than no figure at all.
What accreditation buys is a shorter conversation with the state board, which is why all three master's MFT programs listed here are accredited and no unaccredited one appears. Where you accrue your supervised hours matters more than it looks, because they are counted by the board that will license you and moving mid-route can mean recounting them.
Before choosing between accredited programs, put two questions to the Colorado state board rather than to an admissions office: the supervised-hour requirement, and whether hours earned elsewhere transfer. An admissions office will answer; the board decides.
For the route step by step, see the career page; for what the scores here measure, the methodology.
MFT programs in Colorado by city
One city in Colorado has a page of its own, covering the programs based there and what the license pays in that metropolitan area. Programs in the rest of the state are on this page and nowhere else.
Where else can you study if Colorado does not have what you want?
If Colorado does not have what you want, looking elsewhere is a choice rather than a necessity here, because the state is better supplied with accredited programs than most at this level.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are California (17), Nevada (one), Oregon (two). 17 states have no accredited programs at this level at all, which is the gap the accredited distance programs exist to fill.
If moving is off the table, the online and hybrid master's ranking is the page to read next.
All 59 scored programs at this level are on the national ranking.
Post-degree training in Colorado
COAMFTE accredits at three levels, and the third is post-degree clinical training for people who already hold a qualifying degree. It is not a route into the field from scratch, which is why it sits outside the ranking above, but Colorado has one such program:
- Denver Family Institute , Denver (PDI)
Cities near Colorado with their own page
These sit elsewhere in the west, and each has a page covering the programs based there and what the job pays in that metropolitan area rather than statewide.
Common questions about MFT programs in Colorado
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in Colorado?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in Colorado with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Colorado?
Should you study in Colorado or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
These figures come from the bodies that publish them. COAMFTE says what is accredited in Colorado, each program reports its own graduate outcomes, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the pay.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in Colorado, their level, city and status. Read 2026-08-21.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics May 2025 release, SOC 21-1013, all Colorado postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 3 program pages cited
Colorado State University (MS) University of Colorado Denver (MA) Regis University (MA)