Georgia has four accredited master's MFT programs and this page puts all of them in order, including the ones that publish nothing. One score covers all of them, combining published outcomes with disclosure and accreditation standing.
Every accredited master's MFT program in Georgia, ranked
All 4 of Georgia’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. One has a full published record behind its outcomes component. Three publish nothing, so they forfeit the 60 points for results and cannot pass 40. That is a statement about disclosure, not about teaching.
- #1
Valdosta State University (MS)
Valdosta, GA
85.8
program score
Campus-basedMaster's2 years7 scored cohortsWhat Valdosta State University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time71.2%typical is 71.2%
- Working in the field100%typical is 100%
- Reached licensure75%typical is 75%
From 7 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Georgia
Once licensed, the median for the occupation in Georgia is $91,550, in a market about as dense as most states'. The range behind that runs from about $42,430 to $102,320, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
The record here rests on cohorts of about 21 students. Direction of travel is the worry, falling from 70.3% in the earlier cohorts to 63.7% in the later ones. Finishing is the hard part here rather than getting hired: 71.2% graduate on time, and 100% of those who do find relevant work. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2021-2022 intake of 22: 55% finished on time, 100% found relevant work, 76% reached licensure. Graduates reaching a license has fallen over the window, 77.3% to 69.7%, which is worth a question. Four of the programs ranked here are in Georgia, and this is one of them. Intake has contracted, from about 31 a cohort early in the window to 21 now. Disclosure runs deeper than most, 7 cohorts complete out of 7 published. Next accreditation review falls in 2027. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 85.8 of 100, with 49.2 of 60 from a record covering 7 completed cohorts and 184 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2021-2022 22 55% 100% 76% 2020-2021 19 68% 100% 46% 2019-2020 22 68% 100% 87% 2018-2019 27 89% 100% 75% 2017-2018 23 65% 100% 73% 2016-2017 34 68% 100% 83% Valdosta State University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 49.2/6082 across 7 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 7 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 11.6/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2027-05
184 students admitted since 2015
- #2
Mercer University - Atlanta (MFT)
Atlanta, GA
20.2
program score
Blended or hybridMaster'sWhere it leads in Georgia
Marriage and family therapists in Georgia earn a median of $91,550, on a concentration of work close to the typical state's. The range behind that runs from about $42,430 to $102,320, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Mercer University runs this degree from Atlanta, GA, blended. Four of the programs ranked here are in Georgia, and this is one of them. Georgia carries four accredited master's programs, so a shortlist here can afford to be selective in a way it cannot in most states. Coursework named on its own page covers Bowen family systems, narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Ask this accredited program for the numbers it has not posted, specifically graduation and licensure across recent cohorts. A program that has them will send them, and one that hesitates has told you something. Applicants are told the GRE is not required. A concentration in medical and healthcare settings sits alongside the core degree. Three completed cohorts is a thin record, so ask what the years still in progress look like.
Why it sits here A score of 20.2 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.
Mercer University - Atlanta program page The address COAMFTE lists for its outcome data
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 0/60no completed-cohort outcomes published
- Transparency 7.5/25publishes a document with no cohort table in it
- Standing 12.7/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-11
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- #3
Mercer University - Macon (MFT)
Macon, GA
20.2
program score
Blended or hybridMaster'sWhere it leads in Georgia
Marriage and family therapists in Georgia earn a median of $91,550, on a concentration of work close to the typical state's. The range behind that runs from about $42,430 to $102,320, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Mercer University runs this degree from Macon, GA, blended. No licensure rate is published, so the score rests on graduation and placement alone, as it does for 3 of the 4 programs here. A concentration in medical and healthcare settings sits alongside the core degree. Applicants are told the GRE is not required. Coursework named on its own page covers Bowen family systems, narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Three completed cohorts is a thin record, so ask what the years still in progress look like.
Why it sits here Scored 20.2 of 100 on transparency and accreditation standing alone. The 60 points for published results are unearned because this program publishes none, which is a fact about its disclosure and not a measurement of its teaching.
Mercer University - Macon program page The address COAMFTE lists for its outcome data
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 0/60no completed-cohort outcomes published
- Transparency 7.5/25publishes a document with no cohort table in it
- Standing 12.7/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-11
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- #4
Mercer University - Savannah (MFT)
Savannah, GA
12.8
program score
Campus-basedMaster'sWhere it leads in Georgia
Georgia pays a median of $91,550 for this license, and carries about as much of the work per head as the middle of the country does. Ten per cent earn under $42,430 and ten per cent over $102,320, a spread driven more by whether you are salaried or in practice than by years served.
What to know about it
Mercer University runs this degree from Savannah, GA. No licensure rate is published, so the score rests on graduation and placement alone, as it does for 3 of the 4 programs here. Studying here means being in Savannah, which is worth pricing before it is worth comparing. Coursework named on its own page covers Bowen family systems, narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Applicants are told the GRE is not required. A concentration in medical and healthcare settings sits alongside the core degree. The disclosure is not optional under COAMFTE accreditation, so read the gap as something to raise with the program, not as something unremarkable. Three completed cohorts is a thin record, so ask what the years still in progress look like.
Why it sits here 12.8 of 100. The program forfeits the 60 points attached to published results by not publishing any, and keeps what transparency and standing earn it.
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 0/60no completed-cohort outcomes published
- Transparency 0/25has no disclosure link on file with the accreditor
- Standing 12.8/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-11
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How is this ranking of Georgia MFT programs ordered?
This ranking of Georgia MFT programs is ordered mostly by disclosure. Of the four accredited master's programs in the state, one report outcomes and three do not, and the gap in the scores below is chiefly that difference rather than a difference in teaching. Three components make up the 100: results carry 60, publishing them at all carries 25, and the accreditor's own verdict on the program carries 15.
Nothing is redistributed away from a program that publishes no results. The alternative is perverse, because it would put every silent program above every program honest enough to report a middling year.
A low score here is a statement about disclosure, not a measurement of teaching. A program that has published no graduation rate is given none, no estimate and nothing borrowed from a peer, and its card says so in those words. Publishing the data is a condition of accreditation, so what is being marked down is a requirement the program agreed to and has not met.
The methodology sets out the weights and the thresholds in full.
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Georgia?
Marriage and family therapists in Georgia earn a median of $91,550, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $24,610 above the national figure , and 3rd highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $42,430 at the tenth percentile to $102,320 at the ninetieth.
No employment count is published for the state, which the federal survey withholds when releasing it would identify individual employers. The full state-by-state and setting-by-setting breakdown is on the salary page.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in Georgia?
You get licensed as an MFT in Georgia by starting with a qualifying master's degree, and with four accredited programs in the state that is a step you can take without moving. Beyond the degree, Georgia'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.
A state board treats an accredited MFT degree as settled, which is the practical argument for insisting on one and the reason this page lists only accredited master's programs. One thing in Georgia's favor once you are through it: the state ranks 3rd of 45 on median pay for the occupation, so the license is worth more here than in most places.
The Georgia state board is worth contacting before you apply, not after. Its answers on supervised hours and on out-of-state experience are the ones that bind, and they occasionally differ from what accredited programs tell prospective students.
Both halves of that are covered elsewhere: the route on the career page, the scoring on the methodology page.
MFT programs in Georgia by city
One city in Georgia 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 Georgia does not have what you want?
Where else you can study is worth knowing even though Georgia gives you enough to choose between, with four accredited programs in state.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Alabama (two), Florida (two), Kentucky (four). 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.
Cities near Georgia 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 Georgia
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in Georgia?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in Georgia with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Georgia?
Should you study in Georgia or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
Every figure on this page comes from one of three places, and each is linked below: COAMFTE for accreditation, the programs themselves for outcomes, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics for pay.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in Georgia, 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 Georgia postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 4 program pages cited
Valdosta State University (MS) Mercer University - Atlanta (MFT) Mercer University - Macon (MFT) Mercer University - Savannah (MFT)