2 accredited MFT programs sit in Florida at master's level, and every one of them is ranked below. Every one is marked out of 100 on the same three things: what its graduates achieved, whether it disclosed that, and what the accreditor says about it.
Every accredited master's MFT program in Florida, ranked
All 2 of Florida’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. Two have a full published record behind their outcomes component.
- #1
University of South Florida (MS)
Tampa, FL
98
program score
Campus-basedMaster's2 years4 scored cohortsWhat University of South Florida publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time100%typical is 92.6%
- Working in the field100%typical is 97.9%
- Reached licensure100%typical is 100%
From 4 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Florida
Florida carries less of this work per head than most states, at a median of $56,400, so it is worth asking the program where its graduates end up. Ten per cent earn under $39,460 and ten per cent over $102,280, 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 10 students. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2023 intake of 7: 100% finished on time. Intake has grown across the window, from about 7 a cohort to 10. Next accreditation review falls in 2030.
Why it sits here Scored 98 of 100, with 60 of 60 from a record covering 4 completed cohorts and 52 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025 15 in process in process in process 2024 9 in process in process in process 2023 7 100% in process in process 2022 7 100% 100% 100% 2021 7 100% 100% 100% 2020 7 100% 100% 100% University of South Florida program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 60/60100 across 4 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 4 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 13/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2030-05
52 students admitted since 2015
- #2
Nova Southeastern University (MS)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
92.6
program score
Campus-basedMaster's2 yearsAccredited since July 1, 19978 scored cohortsWhat Nova Southeastern University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time85.1%typical is 92.6%
- Working in the field95.7%typical is 97.9%
- Reached licensure99.9%typical is 100%
From 8 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Florida
This is a quieter market than most: Florida sits in the bottom quarter of states for jobs per head, paying a median of $56,400. The range behind that runs from about $39,460 to $102,280, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Accredited since 1997, taught on campus over 2 years. Individual years swing hard, though, from 76% in 2018-2019 to 98% in 2016-2017, so the average is doing some hiding. Performance has barely moved in 8 years, 84.5% across the earlier cohorts and 87% across the later ones. Few programs here run at its scale, 487 students across the scored cohorts against a median of 269.5. Curriculum runs to 60 credits. Coursework named on its own page covers solution-focused therapy and medical family therapy. Several cohorts are still running, 2 of them, the most recent entering in 2023-2024. 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 92.6 of 100, with 55.1 of 60 from a record covering 8 completed cohorts and 487 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2023-2024 53 in process in process in process 2023-2024 40 in process in process in process 2022-2023 41 95% 97% in process 2021-2022 35 86% 100% in process 2020-2021 44 84% 100% 99% 2019-2020 47 83% 95% 100% Nova Southeastern University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 55.1/6091.8 across 8 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 8 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 12.5/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-05
487 students admitted since 2015
How is this ranking of Florida MFT programs ordered?
The order of this ranking of Florida MFT programs is built end to end from what the programs themselves publish, because all two 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.
The distinction matters: a program scoring low for publishing nothing has not been judged on its teaching, because there is nothing to judge it on. No figure is estimated in its place. What has been marked is a disclosure obligation that comes with the accreditation, and the card says as much.
The methodology sets out the weights and the thresholds in full.
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Florida?
Marriage and family therapists in Florida earn a median of $56,400, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $10,540 below the national figure , and 33th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $39,460 at the tenth percentile to $102,280 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 930 of them, which is 0.22 times the national rate per head of population. The salary page puts Florida against the other states and against each work setting.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in Florida?
You get licensed as an MFT in Florida by earning a qualifying master's degree first, and the two accredited programs above are the in-state ways to get one. Beyond the degree, Florida's specific requirements for supervised hours and coursework belong to its state licensing board, and repeating them here would mean publishing numbers that go out of date quietly and are acted on expensively.
What accreditation buys is a shorter conversation with the state board, which is why all two master's MFT programs listed here are accredited and no unaccredited one appears. Worth weighing alongside it: Florida carries fewer of these jobs per head than the country as a whole, at 0.22 times the national rate, so ask the programs above where their graduates actually end up.
Ask the Florida state board two things in writing: what it counts as a qualifying degree, and how it treats supervised hours accrued out of state. Those answers shape the choice between accredited programs more than any brochure will.
The career page walks the same route in order, and the methodology sets out how the programs above were scored.
MFT programs in Florida by city
2 cities in Florida have a page of their own, each covering the programs based there and what the job pays in that metropolitan area rather than statewide. Programs in the rest of the state are on this page and nowhere else.
Where else can you study if Florida does not have what you want?
If Florida does not have what you want, you are in ordinary company, because a shortlist built only from this state would have two names on it.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Alabama (two), Georgia (four), Kentucky (four). 17 states have no accredited programs at this level at all, which is the gap the accredited distance programs exist to fill.
Everything you could study without leaving Florida is on the online and hybrid master's ranking.
To see Florida's programs against the other 59 scored nationally, the national ranking puts them in one order.
Cities near Florida with their own page
These sit elsewhere in the south, 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 Florida
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in Florida?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in Florida with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Florida?
Should you study in Florida or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
These figures come from three records, none of them ours: the accreditor's directory of accredited programs, each program's own published outcome table, and the federal wage survey.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in Florida, 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 Florida postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 2 program pages cited
University of South Florida (MS) Nova Southeastern University (MS)