Master's MFT Programs in Maryland (2026)

How is this ranking of Maryland MFT programs ordered?

This ranking is ordered by score, and Maryland is in the minority of states where every accredited master's program has published something, so no program here is scored on standing alone. The score is out of 100: 60 points for published results, 25 for whether the disclosure COAMFTE requires is actually there and reachable, and 15 for accreditation status and how long the current term runs.

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.

Weights, thresholds and what the score deliberately leaves out are on the methodology page.

What do marriage and family therapists earn in Maryland?

Marriage and family therapists in Maryland earn a median of $69,900, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $2,960 above the national figure , and 13th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $50,230 at the tenth percentile to $115,330 at the ninetieth.

The state employs 460 of them, which is 0.39 times the national rate per head of population. The salary page puts Maryland against the other states and against each work setting.

How do you get licensed as an MFT in Maryland?

To get licensed as an MFT in Maryland you need a qualifying master's degree before anything else, and with one accredited program in the state that step is the one most likely to involve looking beyond it. The hour counts, coursework rules and examination requirements that follow are the Maryland board's to set and to change, and this page does not reprint them, because a stale figure copied from a directory is worse than no figure at all.

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. Worth weighing alongside it: Maryland carries fewer of these jobs per head than the country as a whole, at 0.39 times the national rate, so ask the programs above where their graduates actually end up.

The Maryland 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.

For the route step by step, see the career page; for what the scores here measure, the methodology.

Where else can you study if Maryland does not have what you want?

If Maryland 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 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.

The online and hybrid master's ranking covers what you can study from Maryland without moving.

The national ranking holds all 59 scored programs at this level, Maryland's among them.