MFT Programs in Tampa, Florida (2026): Every Accredited Program

One COAMFTE-accredited marriage and family therapy program is based in Tampa. Below it is scored on what it publishes about its own graduates, then set against what the license actually pays around here.

How are Tampa’s accredited MFT programs ranked?

The accredited MFT programs in Tampa are ranked by the same composite applied across Florida, weighting published outcomes most heavily, then transparency, then standing with the accreditor. Because the number is a property of the program rather than of the list, it matches what the state page shows. Follow a name for the record behind it.

Accredited MFT programs in Tampa, by program score
#	Program	Level	Score	Evidence
1	University of South Florida (MS) Scored 98 of 100, with 60 of 60 from a record covering 4 completed cohorts and 52 students.	Master's	98	Full record

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

What do marriage and family therapists earn around Tampa?

What the license pays marriage and family therapists around Tampa is published for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, the smallest area the federal survey breaks out here. Read it as the local market rate rather than as any program's placement figure.

Median annual pay for marriage and family therapists, metro against state and nation
Area	Median	Employment
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$50,440	120 employed
Florida, statewide	$56,400	930 employed
United States	$66,940	66,740 employed

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

The tenth percentile here is $35,860 and the ninetieth $60,130. Read the lower figure as roughly what the first post-graduate years look like and the upper as what an established caseload can reach.

Every job in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area is 0.19 times as likely to be this one as it would be nationally. That governs how many openings you will see advertised, and says nothing about the rate attached to them.

Which other cities in Florida have accredited MFT programs?

Accredited MFT programs elsewhere in Florida sit in the cities below. Each has a page of its own for the same reason Tampa does: more than one program, or a wage figure the survey publishes locally.

Fort Lauderdale 3 programs

Every master's program in Florida .

Common questions about MFT programs in Tampa

How many accredited MFT programs are there in Tampa?

Accredited MFT programs in Tampa come to 1, at master's level. COAMFTE accredits every one of them, and it is the only accreditor in the field, so there is no second standard to compare them against.

What do marriage and family therapists earn in Tampa?

The current release puts the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median at $50,440, 25% below the national figure. It counts everyone working in the occupation locally, at every stage of licensure and in every setting.

Is a degree from Tampa enough to get licensed?

Being licensed in Florida takes the degree plus what follows it: supervised clinical hours logged under an approved supervisor, then the examination. If you mean to practice in another state, read that state's rules before enrolling rather than after.

Why do some programs in Tampa score lower than others?

Programs that score lower here have generally disclosed less, not achieved less. The model cannot credit an outcome nobody published, and it does not estimate one, so a thin record reads as a lower total.

Where do these figures come from?

These figures come from three independent records rather than from one compiled list: the accreditor's directory, the programs' own outcome disclosures, and the federal wage survey. Keeping them separate is what makes each one checkable.