Master's MFT Programs in Louisiana (2026)

How is this ranking of Louisiana MFT programs ordered?

The order of this ranking of Louisiana MFT programs is built end to end from what the programs themselves publish, because all one of them report outcomes. Every program is marked out of 100 on the same three things: what its graduates achieved (60 points), whether it published that at the address the accreditor lists (25), and the standing of its accreditation (15).

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.

For the full scoring model, including what it refuses to measure, see the methodology.

What do marriage and family therapists earn in Louisiana?

No separate wage figure is published for marriage and family therapists in Louisiana. The federal survey suppresses a state estimate when the surveyed headcount is too small to release without identifying employers, so there is nothing to quote rather than something disappointing to quote. The national median of $66,940 is the closest usable number. The salary page puts Louisiana against the other states and against each work setting.

How do you get licensed as an MFT in Louisiana?

Getting licensed as an MFT in Louisiana starts with a qualifying master's degree, and the state offers exactly one accredited master's program to get it from, which is why the out-of-state and distance options on this page matter more here than they would in California. Beyond the degree, Louisiana'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hours and coursework belong to its state licensing board, and repeating them here would mean publishing numbers that go out of date quietly and are acted on expensively.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 one master's MFT program listed here is accredited and no unaccredited one appears. Where you accrue your supervised hours matters more than it looks, because they are counted by the board that will license you and moving mid-route can mean recounting them.

Ask the Louisiana 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 route is set out in order on the career page, and the methodology explains what the scores above are built from.

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?

Where else you can study matters more in Louisiana than in most states: a one-program offering means most people weighing this decision are weighing somewhere else too, which is the shape of a small field rather than a failure of the state.

The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Alabama (two), Florida (two), Georgia (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.

Widen it further and the national ranking covers all 59 programs with a publishable record.