MFT Programs in Columbus, Ohio (2026): Every Accredited Program

Studying in Columbus means choosing among 2 accredited programs, and the useful comparison is not the brochure but the record: what each has disclosed about the students who finished. That, and what the work pays locally, is what this page holds.

How are Columbus’s accredited MFT programs ranked?

Accredited MFT programs in Columbus are ranked by outcome first. Transparency and accreditation standing adjust the total from there, and because all three are properties of the program itself, being listed under Columbus rather than Ohio changes no score. The evidence column says how much record each one rests on.

Accredited MFT programs in Columbus, by program score
#	Program	Level	Score	Evidence
1	Ohio State University (MS) Scored 94.7 of 100, with 56.5 of 60 from a record covering 6 completed cohorts and 50 students.	Master's	94.7	Full record
2	Ohio State University (PhD) Scored 82.8 of 100. Its published 100 rests on 2 completed cohorts, too few to take at face value, so it is pulled toward the 81.3 field median before being weighted.	Doctoral	82.8	Partial record

Scored on published outcomes, transparency and accreditation standing. Each program name links to its full entry on the Ohio ranking.

What do marriage and family therapists earn around Columbus?

What marriage and family therapists earn around Columbus is published for Columbus, OH rather than for the city alone, because that is the level the federal survey reports. The figures cover everyone holding the license in that area rather than any one program's graduates.

Median annual pay for marriage and family therapists, metro against state and nation
Area	Median	Employment
Columbus, OH	$81,500	100 employed
Ohio, statewide	$70,240	460 employed
United States	$66,940	66,740 employed

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, SOC 21-1013.

From $41,750 at the tenth percentile to $161,080 at the ninetieth, the distribution is wide enough that the median alone will mislead you. Which end you sit at depends chiefly on who employs you.

Per job in the area, this occupation appears at 0.20 times its national rate. Concentration and pay are separate things: a dense market can pay modestly, a thin one well.

Common questions about MFT programs in Columbus

How many accredited MFT programs are there in Columbus?

Columbus holds 2 accredited programs, spread across master's and doctoral level. All are accredited by COAMFTE, the only body that accredits marriage and family therapy programs, and the one state boards normally require.

What do marriage and family therapists earn in Columbus?

The current release puts the Columbus, OH median at $81,500, 22% above the national figure. It counts everyone working in the occupation locally, at every stage of licensure and in every setting.

Is a degree from Columbus enough to get licensed?

The degree is the first step rather than the whole of it. The Ohio board then asks for a period of supervised practice measured in hours, plus the national examination, before it licenses anyone. Every state sets its own terms, so confirm them before you enroll.

Why do some programs in Columbus score lower than others?

A lower number here is most often a disclosure gap rather than a teaching one. The composite rewards published outcomes, and a program that has published little cannot score as though it had. The evidence column makes that explicit.

Where do these figures come from?

The figures on this page come from records their subjects publish themselves. What is accredited here is COAMFTE's record; what each program achieved is that program's own disclosure, which accreditation obliges it to publish, Ohio State University and Ohio State University included; what the work pays is the federal survey. None of it is our estimate.