Missouri has two accredited master's MFT programs and this page puts all of them in order, including the ones that publish nothing. All of them are scored on one scale, so the programs that publish nothing sit in the same order as the ones that do rather than in a list of their own.
Every accredited master's MFT program in Missouri, ranked
All 2 of Missouri’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. One has a full published record behind its outcomes component. One publishes nothing, so it forfeits the 60 points for results and cannot pass 40. That is a statement about disclosure, not about teaching.
- #1
Saint Louis University (MA)
Saint Louis, MO
94.5
program score
Campus-basedMaster's4 scored cohortsWhat Saint Louis University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time100%typical is 100%
- Working in the field100%typical is 100%
- Reached licensure85.7%typical is 85.7%
From 4 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Missouri
Missouri carries less of this work per head than most states, at a median of $60,440, so it is worth asking the program where its graduates end up. The surveyed headcount behind that is small, so read it as indicative rather than firm.
What to know about it
The record here rests on cohorts of about 5 students. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2020-2021 intake of 8: 100% finished on time, 100% found relevant work, 75% reached licensure. Coursework named on its own page covers medical family therapy. Cohorts this small mean every percentage above is built from a handful of people.
Why it sits here Scored 94.5 of 100, with 58.3 of 60 from a record covering 4 completed cohorts and 21 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2020-2021 8 100% 100% 75% 2019-2020 6 100% 100% 100% 2018-2019 2 100% 100% 100% 2016-2017 5 100% 100% 80% Saint Louis University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 58.3/6097.1 across 4 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 4 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 11.3/15accredited without conditions, current term ran to 2021-05 and is due for review
21 students admitted since 2015
- #2
University of Central Missouri (MS)
Warrensburg, MO
20
program score
Campus-basedMaster'sWhere it leads in Missouri
Missouri carries less of this work per head than most states, at a median of $60,440, so it is worth asking the program where its graduates end up. The surveyed headcount behind that is small, so read it as indicative rather than firm.
What to know about it
University of Central Missouri runs this degree from Warrensburg, MO. No licensure rate is published, so the score rests on graduation and placement alone, as it does for 1 of the 2 programs here. Nothing here is published, so ask the program for it: three years of graduation rates, what share of those graduates reached licensure, and where that data sits if not at the address the accreditor lists. Concentrations run to substance use and addiction and sex and intimacy. Clinical hours run through a training clinic the program runs itself, which is the difference between being placed and finding your own site. Curriculum runs to 54 credits. Next accreditation review falls in 2029. Three completed cohorts is a thin record, so ask what the years still in progress look like.
Why it sits here 20 of 100, all of it from transparency and standing. Nothing is deducted for poor results here; the 60 points that results carry are simply not claimed, because none are published.
University of Central Missouri 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 12.5/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-05
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How is this ranking of Missouri MFT programs ordered?
This ranking of Missouri MFT programs is ordered mostly by disclosure. Of the two accredited master's programs in the state, one report outcomes and one do not, and the gap in the scores below is chiefly that difference rather than a difference in teaching. 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.
The 60 points for results are not redistributed when a program publishes none. Sharing them out would score a silent program on standing alone, and since nearly every program is in good standing it would finish near the top, which would mean rewarding programs for telling you less.
The distinction matters: a program scoring low for publishing nothing has not been judged on its teaching, because there is nothing to judge it on. No figure is estimated in its place. What has been marked is a disclosure obligation that comes with the accreditation, and the card says as much.
Weights, thresholds and what the score deliberately leaves out are on the methodology page.
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Missouri?
Marriage and family therapists in Missouri earn a median of $60,440, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $6,500 below the national figure , and 27th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $41,930 at the tenth percentile to $109,200 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 390 of them, which is 0.31 times the national rate per head of population. That headcount is small enough that the wage figure rests on relatively few responses, so treat it as indicative rather than firm. For how that compares with the rest of the country, see the salary page.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in Missouri?
You get licensed as an MFT in Missouri by earning a qualifying master's degree first, and the two accredited programs above are the in-state ways to get one. The rest of the route, hours and examination and the paperwork around them, is defined by the Missouri state board rather than by the accreditor, and this page sends you there rather than paraphrasing rules that move.
The value of the accreditation every program here holds is procedural: it lets a state board accept the MFT degree on its face instead of reviewing your transcript line by line. Worth weighing alongside it: Missouri carries fewer of these jobs per head than the country as a whole, at 0.31 times the national rate, so ask the programs above where their graduates actually end up.
The Missouri 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.
MFT programs in Missouri by city
One city in Missouri 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 Missouri does not have what you want?
If Missouri does not have what you want, looking outward is the normal case here rather than a fallback, because the state holds two accredited programs.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Illinois (five), Indiana (four), Iowa (one). 17 states have no accredited programs at this level at all, which is the gap the accredited distance programs exist to fill.
The distance master's ranking lists the programs open to you wherever in Missouri you live.
To see Missouri's programs against the other 59 scored nationally, the national ranking puts them in one order.
Cities near Missouri with their own page
These sit elsewhere in the midwest, 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 Missouri
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in Missouri?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in Missouri with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Missouri?
Should you study in Missouri or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
These figures come from the bodies that publish them. COAMFTE says what is accredited in Missouri, each program reports its own graduate outcomes, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the pay.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in Missouri, 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 Missouri postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 2 program pages cited
Saint Louis University (MA) University of Central Missouri (MS)