Pennsylvania has three accredited master's MFT programs and this page puts all of them in order, including the ones that publish nothing. One score covers all of them, combining published outcomes with disclosure and accreditation standing.
Every accredited master's MFT program in Pennsylvania, ranked
All 3 of Pennsylvania’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. Three have a full published record behind their outcomes component.
- #1 Accredited with stipulations
Drexel University (MFT)
Philadelphia, PA
92.3
program score
Campus-basedMaster's2 yearsAccredited since 5/1/19858 scored cohortsWhat Drexel University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time95.1%typical is 91.8%
- Working in the field98.4%typical is 93.8%
- Reached licensure97.2%typical is 77.8%
From 8 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Pennsylvania
The market here is better supplied than the median state, at a median wage of $66,040. The range behind that runs from about $47,050 to $91,980, and where you land in it is mostly a question of setting rather than of seniority.
What to know about it
Drexel University runs this degree from Philadelphia, PA. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2023-2024 intake of 16: 87% finished on time, 87% found relevant work. Graduates reaching a license has fallen over the window, 100% to 94%, which is worth a question. Individual years swing hard, though, from 87% in 2023-2024 to 100% in 2015-2016, so the average is doing some hiding. Three of the programs ranked here are in Pennsylvania, and this is one of them. Coursework named on its own page covers emotionally focused therapy and sex therapy. First accredited in 1985, with the next review due in 2033. Stipulations are on file, meaning a fixed window to correct something. License eligibility is unaffected, and it is a fair question at interview.
Why it sits here Scored 92.3 of 100, with 58 of 60 from a record covering 8 completed cohorts and 134 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2023-2024 16 87% 87% in process 2022-2023 18 94% 100% in process 2021-2022 17 88% 100% in process 2020-2021 5 in process 100% in process 2019-2020 6 100% 100% 100% 2018-2019 18 94% 100% 88% Score breakdown
- Outcomes 58/6096.7 across 8 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 8 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 9.3/15accredited with stipulations, current term runs to 2033-05
134 students admitted since 2015
- #2
Thomas Jefferson University (MMFT)
Philadelphia, PA
89.6
program score
Campus-basedMaster's9 scored cohortsWhat Thomas Jefferson University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time91.8%typical is 91.8%
- Working in the field88.9%typical is 93.8%
- Reached licensure77.8%typical is 77.8%
From 9 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Pennsylvania
The market here is better supplied than the median state, at a median wage of $66,040. Ten per cent earn under $47,050 and ten per cent over $91,980, a spread driven more by whether you are salaried or in practice than by years served.
What to know about it
Thomas Jefferson University runs this degree from Philadelphia, PA. Individual years swing hard, though, from 73.1% in 2020-2021 to 100% in 2015-2016, so the average is doing some hiding. Direction of travel is the worry, falling from 95.3% in the earlier cohorts to 88.1% in the later ones. Three of the programs ranked here are in Pennsylvania, and this is one of them. Concentrations run to medical and healthcare settings and sex and intimacy. Coursework named on its own page covers medical family therapy and sex therapy. Disclosure runs deeper than most, 9 cohorts complete out of 10 published. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 89.6 of 100, with 52.8 of 60 from a record covering 9 completed cohorts and 185 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2024-2025 – in process in process in process 2023-2024 21 87.5% in process in process 2022-2023 25 100% 96% in process 2021-2022 22 91.7% 100% in process 2020-2021 19 73.1% 84.2% 47.4% 2019-2020 17 89.5% 77.8% 82.4% Thomas Jefferson University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 52.8/6088 across 9 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 9 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 11.8/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2027-11
185 students admitted since 2015
- #3
LaSalle University (MA)
Philadelphia, PA
84.6
program score
Campus-basedMaster's9 scored cohortsWhat LaSalle University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time66.7%typical is 91.8%
- Working in the field93.8%typical is 93.8%
- Reached licensure64.5%typical is 77.8%
From 9 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania sits in the upper quarter of states for how much of this work it carries, at a median of $66,040. The range behind that runs from about $47,050 to $91,980, 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 10 students. Taking the last cohort with complete figures, its 2023-2024 intake of 12: 8.3% finished on time, 100% found relevant work. Graduates reaching a license has fallen over the window, 67.9% to 57.3%, which is worth a question. Intake has contracted, from about 18 a cohort early in the window to 10 now. Three of the programs ranked here are in Pennsylvania, and this is one of them. Coursework named on its own page covers play therapy. Next accreditation review falls in 2032. Six or more completed cohorts is enough history to trust the pattern rather than the latest year.
Why it sits here Scored 84.6 of 100, with 45.4 of 60 from a record covering 9 completed cohorts and 156 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2025-2026 5 in process in process in process 2024-2025 13 in process in process in process 2023-2024 12 8.3% 100% in process 2022-2023 11 63.6% 100% 71.4% 2021-2022 15 60% 60% 83.3% 2020-2021 27 81.5% 100% 54.6% Score breakdown
- Outcomes 45.4/6075.7 across 9 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 9 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 14.2/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2032-11
156 students admitted since 2015
How is this ranking of Pennsylvania MFT programs ordered?
This ranking of Pennsylvania MFT programs is ordered on published results, and every accredited master's program in the state publishes them, which is not true of most states, so every score below carries its outcomes component in full. Three components make up the 100: results carry 60, publishing them at all carries 25, and the accreditor's own verdict on the program carries 15.
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.
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 Pennsylvania?
Marriage and family therapists in Pennsylvania earn a median of $66,040, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $900 below the national figure , and 18th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $47,050 at the tenth percentile to $91,980 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 2,350 of them, which is 0.90 times the national rate per head of population. With that many posts in the state, the figures above carry the weight of a market rather than a sample. The salary page puts Pennsylvania against the other states and against each work setting.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in Pennsylvania?
To get licensed as an MFT in Pennsylvania you need a qualifying master's degree, which three accredited programs in the state can supply. Beyond the degree, Pennsylvania'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 three master's MFT programs listed here are 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.
The Pennsylvania 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.
The career page walks the same route in order, and the methodology sets out how the programs above were scored.
MFT programs in Pennsylvania by city
One city in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania does not have what you want?
If Pennsylvania does not have what you want, looking elsewhere is a choice rather than a necessity here, because the state is better supplied with accredited programs than most at this level.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Connecticut (three), New Hampshire (two), New York (four). 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 Pennsylvania you live.
The national ranking holds all 59 scored programs at this level, Pennsylvania's among them.
Cities near Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in Pennsylvania?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in Pennsylvania with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Pennsylvania?
Should you study in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 3 program pages cited
Drexel University (MFT) Thomas Jefferson University (MMFT) LaSalle University (MA)