2 accredited MFT programs sit in Wisconsin at master's level, and every one of them is ranked below. Each carries a score out of 100 built from published results, from whether those results were published at all, and from the standing of its accreditation.
Every accredited master's MFT program in Wisconsin, ranked
All 2 of Wisconsin’s accredited master's MFT programs carry a score out of 100. Two publish nothing, so they forfeit the 60 points for results and cannot pass 40. That is a statement about disclosure, not about teaching.
- #1
University of Wisconsin Stout (MS)
Menomonie, WI
20.2
program score
Campus-basedMaster'sWhere it leads in Wisconsin
This is a quieter market than most: Wisconsin sits in the bottom quarter of states for jobs per head, paying a median of $37,870. The surveyed headcount behind that is small, so read it as indicative rather than firm.
What to know about it
University of Wisconsin Stout runs this degree from Menomonie, WI. No licensure rate is published, which is true of every program on this page, so the score rests on graduation and placement alone. Nothing here is published, so ask the program for it: three years of graduation rates, what share of those graduates reached licensure, and where that data sits if not at the address the accreditor lists. Teaching is scheduled in the evenings, which matters if you are keeping a job. Next accreditation review falls in 2029. Three completed cohorts is a thin record, so ask what the years still in progress look like.
Why it sits here A score of 20.2 out of 100 with the outcomes component empty. Read it as the ceiling for a program that has not disclosed, not as a verdict on how it teaches.
University of Wisconsin Stout program page The address COAMFTE lists for its outcome data
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 0/60no completed-cohort outcomes published
- Transparency 7.5/25publishes a document with no cohort table in it
- Standing 12.7/15accredited without conditions, current term runs to 2029-11
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- #2 Accredited with stipulations
Edgewood University (MS)
Madison, WI
16.4
program score
Blended or hybridMaster'sWhere it leads in Wisconsin
This is a quieter market than most: Wisconsin sits in the bottom quarter of states for jobs per head, paying a median of $37,870. The surveyed headcount behind that is small, so read it as indicative rather than firm.
What to know about it
Edgewood University runs this degree from Madison, WI, blended. No licensure rate is published, which is true of every program on this page, so the score rests on graduation and placement alone. Expect scheduled time on campus whatever the delivery mode suggests. Studying alongside work is catered for, with evening classes and a part-time route both advertised. Budget for travel regardless of format, because it requires on-campus residencies. Next accreditation review falls in 2032. 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 16.4 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.
Edgewood University program page The address COAMFTE lists for its outcome data
Score breakdown
- Outcomes 0/60no completed-cohort outcomes published
- Transparency 7.5/25publishes a document with no cohort table in it
- Standing 8.9/15accredited with stipulations, current term runs to 2032-05
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How is this ranking of Wisconsin MFT programs ordered?
The order of this ranking of Wisconsin MFT programs rests on the only two things anyone can currently observe about them, because the state has no published outcome data at this level. 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.
The 60 points for results are not redistributed when a program publishes none. Sharing them out would score a silent program on standing alone, and since nearly every program is in good standing it would finish near the top, which would mean rewarding programs for telling you less.
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 sets out the weights and the thresholds in full.
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Wisconsin?
Marriage and family therapists in Wisconsin earn a median of $37,870, against $66,940 nationally, on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for May 2025. That is $29,070 below the national figure , and 45th highest of the 45 states that publish one. The range runs from about $34,980 at the tenth percentile to $69,570 at the ninetieth.
The state employs 180 of them, which is 0.14 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. Every state and every setting sits side by side on the salary page.
How do you get licensed as an MFT in Wisconsin?
To get licensed as an MFT in Wisconsin you need a qualifying master's degree, which two accredited programs in the state can supply. What comes after it, the supervised hours, the examination and whatever else the Wisconsin board asks for, is set by the Wisconsin 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.
Accreditation is what shortens that conversation with the state board: all of the accredited programs on this page hold COAMFTE accreditation, and a state board generally accepts an accredited MFT degree without auditing it course by course. Worth weighing alongside it: Wisconsin carries fewer of these jobs per head than the country as a whole, at 0.14 times the national rate, so ask the programs above where their graduates actually end up.
The Wisconsin 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.
Both halves of that are covered elsewhere: the route on the career page, the scoring on the methodology page.
MFT programs in Wisconsin by city
One city in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin does not have what you want?
If Wisconsin does not have what you want, you are in ordinary company, because a shortlist built only from this state would have two names on it.
The nearest alternatives with accredited master's MFT programs are Illinois (five), Indiana (four), Iowa (one). 17 states have no accredited programs at this level at all, which is the gap the accredited distance programs exist to fill.
The online and hybrid master's ranking covers what you can study from Wisconsin without moving.
The national ranking holds all 59 scored programs at this level, Wisconsin's among them.
Post-degree training in Wisconsin
COAMFTE accredits at three levels, and the third is post-degree clinical training for people who already hold a qualifying degree. It is not a route into the field from scratch, which is why it sits outside the ranking above, but Wisconsin has one such program:
- Family Therapy Training Institute , Milwaukee (PDI)
Cities near Wisconsin with their own page
These sit elsewhere in the midwest, 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 Wisconsin
How many accredited master's MFT programs are in Wisconsin?
Can you get licensed as an MFT in Wisconsin with an online degree?
What do marriage and family therapists earn in Wisconsin?
Should you study in Wisconsin or move for a program?
Where do these figures come from?
Every figure on this page comes from one of three places, and each is linked below: COAMFTE for accreditation, the programs themselves for outcomes, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics for pay.
- COAMFTE Directory of Accredited Programs Accredited programs in Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin postholders.
- Ranking methodology The three factors, their weights, and the eligibility floor.