4 accredited MFT programs sit in New York at master's level, and every one of them is ranked below. 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 New York, ranked
All 4 of New York’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. Three have a full published record behind their outcomes component. One has published one or two cohorts, too few to take at face value, so its result is pulled toward the field median first.
- #1
University of Rochester (MS)
Rochester, NY
94.7
program score
Campus-basedMaster's9 scored cohortsWhat University of Rochester publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time90.2%typical is 84.2%
- Working in the field100%typical is 98.6%
- Reached licensure90.4%typical is 91.2%
From 9 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in New York
New York carries less of this work per head than most states, at a median of $64,430, so it is worth asking the program where its graduates end up. Ten per cent earn under $50,380 and ten per cent over $83,050, a spread driven more by whether you are salaried or in practice than by years served.
What to know about it
The record here rests on cohorts of about 10 students. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2023-2024 intake of 12: 60% finished on time. Individual years swing hard, though, from 60% in 2023-2024 to 100% in 2015-2016, so the average is doing some hiding. Curriculum runs to 60 credits. Next accreditation review falls in 2031. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 94.7 of 100, with 56.2 of 60 from a record covering 9 completed cohorts and 109 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2024-2025 7 in process in process in process 2023-2024 12 60% in process in process 2022-2023 12 100% 100% 86% 2021-2022 14 82% 100% 100% 2020-2021 12 75% 100% 100% 2019-2020 9 100% 100% 100% University of Rochester program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 56.2/6093.7 across 9 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 9 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 13.4/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2031-05
109 students admitted since 2015
- #2
Syracuse University (MA)
Syracuse, NY
92.8
program score
Campus-basedMaster's10 scored cohortsWhat Syracuse University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time91.3%typical is 84.2%
- Working in the field97.1%typical is 98.6%
- Reached licensure87.1%typical is 91.2%
From 10 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in New York
This is a quieter market than most: New York sits in the bottom quarter of states for jobs per head, paying a median of $64,430. The range behind that runs from about $50,380 to $83,050, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
The record here rests on cohorts of about 21 students. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2024-2025 intake of 20: 89% finished on time. Individual years swing hard, though, from 77.8% in 2015-2016 to 100% in 2017-2018, so the average is doing some hiding. New York carries four accredited master's programs, so a shortlist here can afford to be selective in a way it cannot in most states. Coursework named on its own page covers trauma-informed practice. Next accreditation review falls in 2028. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 92.8 of 100, with 55.5 of 60 from a record covering 10 completed cohorts and 228 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025-2026 18 in process in process in process 2024-2025 20 89% in process in process 2023-2024 24 79.4% 100% 94% 2022-2023 16 100% 87% 81% 2021-2022 36 97.1% 100% 88.3% 2020-2021 17 82% 92% 92% Syracuse University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 55.5/6092.5 across 10 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 10 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 12.3/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2028-11
228 students admitted since 2015
- #3
Iona University (MS)
New Rochelle, NY
89.2
program score
Campus-basedMaster's5 scored cohortsWhat Iona University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time78.1%typical is 84.2%
- Working in the field92.1%typical is 98.6%
- Reached licensure92%typical is 91.2%
From 5 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in New York
This is a quieter market than most: New York sits in the bottom quarter of states for jobs per head, paying a median of $64,430. The range behind that runs from about $50,380 to $83,050, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Iona University runs this degree from New Rochelle, NY. Individual years swing hard, though, from 70% in 2015-16 to 86% in 2018-19, so the average is doing some hiding. Placement has strengthened alongside it, 88.3% across the earlier cohorts against 94% more recently. The direction of travel is good: earlier cohorts graduated 71.5% on time, later ones 82.5%. New York carries fewer of these jobs per head than the country as a whole, so ask this program where its graduates actually end up working. Four of the programs ranked here are in New York, and this is one of them. Several cohorts are still running, 5 of them, the most recent entering in 2024-25. Much of the published table is still pending, 5 cohorts complete out of 10.
Why it sits here Scored 89.2 of 100, with 51.5 of 60 from a record covering 5 completed cohorts and 157 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2024-25 23 – – – 2023-24 24 in process in process in process 2022-23 13 in process in process in process 2021-22 22 in process 100% 100% 2020-21 12 in process 100% 100% 2019-20 14 79% 82% 91% Score breakdown
- Outcomes 51.5/6085.8 across 5 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 5 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 12.7/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-11
157 students admitted since 2015
- #4
Syracuse University (MA)
Syracuse, NY
83.1
program score
OnlineMaster's2 scored cohortsWhat Syracuse University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time76%typical is 84.2%
- Working in the field100%typical is 98.6%
- Reached licensure92.5%typical is 91.2%
From 2 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in New York
This is a quieter market than most: New York sits in the bottom quarter of states for jobs per head, paying a median of $64,430. The range behind that runs from about $50,380 to $83,050, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Syracuse University runs this degree from Syracuse, NY, fully online. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2021-2022 intake of 48: 73% finished on time, 100% found relevant work, 90% reached licensure. Four of the programs ranked here are in New York, and this is one of them. The program is based in Syracuse, though as an online program that matters mainly for where its clinical contacts are. Teaching is scheduled in the evenings, which matters if you are keeping a job. Much of the published table is still pending, 2 cohorts complete out of 11. Three completed cohorts is a thin record, so ask what the years still in progress look like.
Why it sits here Scored 83.1 of 100. Its published 87.7 rests on 2 completed cohorts, too few to take at face value, so it is pulled toward the 89.5 field median before being weighted.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025-2026 47 in process in process in process 2024-2025 38 in process in process in process 2023-2024 49 in process in process in process 2022-2023 55 in process in process in process 2021-2022 48 73% 100% 90% 2020-2021 48 79% 100% 95% Syracuse University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 53.3/6087.7 over 2 cohorts, adjusted to 88.8 for the thin record
- Transparency 17.5/25publishes a table, but only 2 cohorts has completed
- Standing 12.3/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2028-11
285 students admitted since 2015
How is this ranking of New York MFT programs ordered?
This ranking is ordered by score, and New York 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.
The methodology covers how each factor is weighted and why the field is not scored on anything else.
What do marriage and family therapists earn in New York?
Marriage and family therapists in New York earn a median of $64,430, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $2,510 below the national figure , and 20th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $50,380 at the tenth percentile to $83,050 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 770 of them, which is 0.18 times the national rate per head of population. For how that compares with the rest of the country, see the salary page.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in New York?
To get licensed as an MFT in New York you begin with a qualifying master's degree, and four accredited programs in the state offer one. What comes after it, the supervised hours, the examination and whatever else the New York board asks for, is set by the New York state board and is deliberately not reproduced here: those numbers change, they differ from every neighboring state, and one repeated a year out of date could cost someone a year.
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: New York carries fewer of these jobs per head than the country as a whole, at 0.18 times the national rate, so ask the programs above where their graduates actually end up.
Ask the New York 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.
Both halves of that are covered elsewhere: the route on the career page, the scoring on the methodology page.
MFT programs in New York by city
2 cities in New York have a page of their own, each covering the programs based there and what the job pays in that metropolitan area rather than statewide. Programs in the rest of the state are on this page and nowhere else.
Where else can you study if New York does not have what you want?
Where else you can study is worth knowing even though New York gives you enough to choose between, with four accredited programs in state.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Connecticut (three), New Hampshire (two), Pennsylvania (three). 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 New York you live.
To see New York's programs against the other 59 scored nationally, the national ranking puts them in one order.
Cities near New York with their own page
These sit elsewhere in the northeast, 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 New York
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in New York?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in New York with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in New York?
Should you study in New York or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
These figures come from three independent sources, kept separate on purpose, because that is what makes any one of them checkable against the original.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in New York, 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 New York postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 4 program pages cited
University of Rochester (MS) Syracuse University (MA) Iona University (MS) Syracuse University (MA)