MFT Programs
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Seattle · Washington

MFT Programs in Seattle, Washington (2026)

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Accredited training in marriage and family therapy runs through 3 programs in Seattle. What follows scores each of them on disclosed graduate outcomes, and says plainly what the license is worth once you hold it here.

How are Seattle’s accredited MFT programs ranked?

Each accredited MFT program in Seattle is ranked on the composite it carries on the Washington ranking, built from disclosed outcomes, from how much has been disclosed, and from standing with COAMFTE. A smaller field means a different order, not a different score. The full record sits behind each name.

Accredited MFT programs in Seattle, by program score
# Program Level Score Evidence
1 Seattle Pacific University (MS) Scored 94.3 of 100, with 56.5 of 60 from a record covering 8 completed cohorts and 263 students. Master's 94.3 Full record
2 Antioch University Seattle (MA) Scored 86.5 of 100, with 48.2 of 60 from a record covering 7 completed cohorts and 596 students. Master's 86.5 Full record
3 Seattle University (MA) Scored 14.3 of 100 on transparency and accreditation standing alone. The 60 points for published results are unearned because this program publishes none, which is a fact about its disclosure and not a measurement of its teaching. Master's 14.3 No results published
Scored on published outcomes, transparency and accreditation standing. Each program name links to its full entry on the Washington ranking.

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What do marriage and family therapists earn around Seattle?

What marriage and family therapists earn around Seattle is published for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $60,000 headcount not published
Washington, statewide $60,000 headcount not published
United States $66,940 66,740 employed
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, SOC 21-1013.

The middle eighty per cent of this workforce falls between $59,990 and $76,790. A range that wide is the normal shape of an occupation split between salaried agency posts and fee-charging practices.

Which other cities in Washington have accredited MFT programs?

Washington has accredited MFT programs in other cities too, listed here. For the complete picture, including programs in places the wage survey does not break out, the state ranking holds all of them.

Every master's program in Washington .

Common questions about MFT programs in Seattle

How many accredited MFT programs are there in Seattle?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Seattle?
Is a degree from Seattle enough to get licensed?
Why do some programs in Seattle score lower than others?

Where do these figures come from?

These figures come from documents anyone can open. COAMFTE publishes the directory, each program publishes its own graduate achievement table, Seattle Pacific University, Antioch University Seattle and Seattle University among them, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the wage series. Each claim links to the one behind it.

On this page
  1. Programs in Seattle
  2. What the license pays
  3. Elsewhere in the state
  4. Common questions
  5. Sources

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