MFT Programs
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Evanston · Illinois

MFT Programs in Evanston, Illinois (2026)

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Accredited training in marriage and family therapy runs through 2 programs in Evanston. What follows scores each of them on disclosed graduate outcomes, and says plainly what the license is worth once you hold it here.

How are Evanston’s accredited MFT programs ranked?

Ranking the accredited MFT programs in Evanston uses nothing local. Outcomes carry the most weight, transparency next, accreditation standing last, and a program's number is the same wherever it appears in Illinois. Only rank changes with the company it keeps. The links lead to the cohort-by-cohort detail.

Accredited MFT programs in Evanston, by program score
# Program Level Score Evidence
1 Northwestern University, The Family Institute (MS) Scored 94.9 of 100. Its published 94.6 rests on 9 completed cohorts, too few to take at face value, so it is pulled toward the 89.5 field median before being weighted. Master's 94.9 Partial record
2 Northwestern University, The Family Institute (MS) Scored 90.9 of 100. Its published 83.8 rests on 3 completed cohorts, too few to take at face value, so it is pulled toward the 89.5 field median before being weighted. Master's 90.9 Partial record
Scored on published outcomes, transparency and accreditation standing. Each program name links to its full entry on the Illinois ranking.

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What do marriage and family therapists earn around Evanston?

Marriage and family therapists based in Evanston are covered by the Illinois row and by no smaller one. That is a limit of the survey rather than a gap in the market, and the state figure below is used unaltered.

Median annual pay for marriage and family therapists, state against nation
Area Median Employment
Illinois, statewide $60,970 860 employed
United States $66,940 66,740 employed
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, SOC 21-1013.

The spread behind that median runs from about $51,420 at the tenth percentile to $104,900 at the ninetieth. Where you land in it is decided mostly by setting and by whether you are fully licensed.

Which other cities in Illinois have accredited MFT programs?

The other cities in Illinois with an accredited MFT program are these, and the full state ranking goes wider still, covering every accredited program wherever it sits.

Every master's program in Illinois .

Common questions about MFT programs in Evanston

How many accredited MFT programs are there in Evanston?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Evanston?
Is a degree from Evanston enough to get licensed?
Why do some programs in Evanston score lower than others?

Where do these figures come from?

These figures come from the COAMFTE directory for what is accredited in Evanston, from each program's own published outcome table for the rates, and from the federal wage survey for pay. The links in the table lead to the first two.

On this page
  1. Programs in Evanston
  2. What the license pays
  3. Elsewhere in the state
  4. Common questions
  5. Sources

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