South Carolina has two accredited master's MFT programs and this page puts all of them in order, including the ones that publish nothing. Every one is marked out of 100 on the same three things: what its graduates achieved, whether it disclosed that, and what the accreditor says about it.
Every accredited master's MFT program in South Carolina, ranked
All 2 of South Carolina’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. Two have a full published record behind their outcomes component.
- #1
Converse University - University Center of Greenville
Greenville, SC
97.3
program score
Campus-basedMaster's2 YearsAccredited since 7/1/20055 scored cohortsWhat Converse University - University Center of Greenville publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time98.3%typical is 94.6%
- Working in the field100%typical is 98.8%
- Reached licensure90.1%typical is 83.9%
From 5 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in South Carolina
Marriage and family therapists in South Carolina earn a median of $55,430, on a concentration of work close to the typical state's. The surveyed headcount behind that is small, so read it as indicative rather than firm.
What to know about it
Converse University teaches this one in Greenville, SC over 2 years. Year to year it holds a narrow band, 91.7% to 100%. First accredited in 2005, with the next review due in 2032. Several cohorts are still running, 5 of them, the most recent entering in 2024-2025.
Why it sits here Scored 97.3 of 100, with 58.4 of 60 from a record covering 5 completed cohorts and 73 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2024-2025 15 in process in process in process 2023-2024 15 100% 100% in process 2022-2023 12 91.7% 100% 91.7% 2021-2022 13 100% 100% 92.3% 2020-2021 9 100% 100% 100% 2019-2020 9 100% 100% 75% Converse University - University Center of Greenville program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 58.4/6097.3 across 5 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 5 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 13.9/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2032-05
73 students admitted since 2015
- #2
Converse University (MMFT)
Spartanburg, SC
93.2
program score
Campus-basedMaster's2 YearsAccredited since 7/1/20059 scored cohortsWhat Converse University publishes about its graduates, against the median for comparable programs - Finish on time90.8%typical is 94.6%
- Working in the field97.5%typical is 98.8%
- Reached licensure77.6%typical is 83.9%
From 9 completed cohorts the program published itself. The mark on each bar is the median for comparable programs.
Where it leads in South Carolina
South Carolina pays a median of $55,430 for this license, and carries about as much of the work per head as the middle of the country does. The surveyed headcount behind that is small, so read it as indicative rather than firm.
What to know about it
Converse University runs this degree from Spartanburg, SC. Individual years swing hard, though, from 73.7% in 2017-2018 to 100% in 2018-2019, so the average is doing some hiding. Placement has strengthened alongside it, 95% across the earlier cohorts against 100% more recently. Performance has barely moved in 9 years, 88.6% across the earlier cohorts and 91.3% across the later ones. Disclosure runs deeper than most, 9 cohorts complete out of 10 published. Its licensure rate, 77.6% against 83.9% across the field, is the number to put to the program directly.
Why it sits here Scored 93.2 of 100, with 54.3 of 60 from a record covering 9 completed cohorts and 145 students.
Cohort by cohort
Cohort Admitted Graduated Placed Licensed 2024-2025 15 in process in process in process 2023-2024 12 75% 100% 50% 2022-2023 10 90% 100% 75% 2021-2022 10 100% 100% 50% 2020-2021 16 100% 100% 81.3% 2019-2020 15 100% 100% 86.7% Converse University program page Its published outcome table
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 54.3/6090.5 across 9 completed cohorts
- Transparency 25/25publishes 9 completed cohorts at the address COAMFTE lists
- Standing 13.9/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2032-05
145 students admitted since 2015
How is this ranking of South Carolina MFT programs ordered?
The order of this ranking of South Carolina MFT programs is built end to end from what the programs themselves publish, because all two of them report outcomes. 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.
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 South Carolina?
Marriage and family therapists in South Carolina earn a median of $55,430, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $11,510 below the national figure , and 35th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $44,280 at the tenth percentile to $91,220 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 380 of them, which is 0.39 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 South Carolina?
To get licensed as an MFT in South Carolina you need a qualifying master's degree, which two accredited programs in the state can supply. The rest of the route, hours and examination and the paperwork around them, is defined by the South Carolina state board rather than by the accreditor, and this page sends you there rather than paraphrasing rules that move.
What accreditation buys is a shorter conversation with the state board, which is why all two master's MFT programs listed here are accredited and no unaccredited one appears. Worth weighing alongside it: South Carolina 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.
Two things are worth asking the South Carolina state board directly before you commit: how many supervised hours it requires, and whether it accepts hours accrued in another state. Programs answer both questions confidently and are not the authority on either.
The route is set out in order on the career page, and the methodology explains what the scores above are built from.
MFT programs in South Carolina by city
One city in South Carolina 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 South Carolina does not have what you want?
Where else you can study matters more in South Carolina than in most states: a two-program offering means most people weighing this decision are weighing somewhere else too, which is the shape of a small field rather than a failure of the state.
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.
Everything you could study without leaving South Carolina is on the online and hybrid master's ranking.
To see South Carolina's programs against the other 59 scored nationally, the national ranking puts them in one order.
Cities near South Carolina with their own page
These sit elsewhere in the south, 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 South Carolina
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in South Carolina?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in South Carolina with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in South Carolina?
Should you study in South Carolina or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
These figures come from documents anyone can open and check, which is the point of listing them: the accreditor's directory, the programs' own disclosures, and the federal wage tables.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in South Carolina, 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 South Carolina postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.
Show all 2 program pages cited
Converse University - University Center of Greenville Converse University (MMFT)