Doctoral MFT Programs in Louisiana (2026)

How is this ranking of Louisiana MFT programs ordered?

This ranking of Louisiana MFT programs is ordered on published results, and every accredited doctoral program in the state publishes them, which is not true of most states, so every score below carries its outcomes component in full. 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.

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.

The methodology covers how each factor is weighted and why the field is not scored on anything else.

Does a doctorate change what you earn in Louisiana?

Whether a doctorate changes what you earn in Louisiana is not something any published pay figure answers. Everyone holding the license is counted under one occupation code, which means the state median covers both levels at once.

Think of it as qualifying for a different job rather than being paid more for this one. That is a real reason to do it and a poor reason to expect a return on the fees.

The state's own figures, the median, the percentile range and the employment count, are set out alongside the master's programs in Louisiana, and the salary page compares every state and setting.

How do you get licensed as an MFT in Louisiana?

You get licensed as an MFT in Louisiana by holding a qualifying doctorate first, and that degree comes either from the single accredited doctoral program above or from an accredited program somewhere else, because it is the one part of the route with no local substitute. The rest of the route, hours and examination and the paperwork around them, is defined by the Louisiana state board rather than by the accreditor, and this page sends you there rather than paraphrasing rules that move.

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 doctoral programs. One practical note that applies wherever you train: start the conversation about supervised hours before you enroll, not after, because a program's placement network is the part that is hardest to replace yourself.

Before choosing between accredited programs, put two questions to the Louisiana 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.

The career page walks the same route in order, and the methodology sets out how the programs above were scored.

MFT programs in Louisiana by city

One city in Louisiana 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 Louisiana does not have what you want?

If Louisiana does not have what you want, you are in ordinary company, because a shortlist built only from this state would have one name on it.

The nearest alternatives with accredited doctoral MFT programs are Florida (three), Georgia (one), North Carolina (one). 34 states have no accredited programs at this level at all, which is the gap the accredited distance programs exist to fill.

The distance doctoral ranking lists the programs open to you wherever in Louisiana you live.

All 18 scored programs at this level are on the national ranking.