Terms of Use

These terms govern your use of mftprograms.com. Using the site means accepting them. If you do not accept them, stop using the site.

Accepting these terms

Accepting these terms happens by using the site, and they apply to every page of it. We may revise them, in which case the last updated date above moves and the revised version governs from the moment it is published.

Where the program data comes from

Program data on this site comes from three public sources, and every figure is attributed to the one it came from:

• The COAMFTE directory of accredited programs, for which programs are accredited, at what level, in what city, and since when.
• Each program's own Graduate Achievement Data table, the disclosure COAMFTE requires accredited programs to publish, for graduation rates, job placement rates and licensure exam pass rates by cohort.
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET, for wages, employment levels and occupational descriptions.

We republish those figures. We do not audit them, and we cannot verify that a program's own disclosure is accurate.

How to read the rankings

The rankings are computed from published outcomes, using the weights set out on our methodology page. They are our opinion, formed from public data by a stated formula, and they are not an accreditation decision, an endorsement, or professional advice.

One consequence is worth stating directly, because it is easy to misread. A program that scores lower may simply have published less. Scoring needs disclosed cohort outcomes, so a program with a thin published record scores below one with a full record, and nothing about that is a judgment of its teaching, its faculty or its graduates. Read a score as a statement about what a program discloses.

Accreditation and licensure are not the same thing

Accreditation and licensure are decided by different bodies, and this site can tell you about the first but not the second. COAMFTE accredits programs. Licenses are granted by state boards, each with its own requirements, and a degree is one requirement among several that usually include supervised clinical hours after graduation and a passing score on the national examination.

Accreditation status also changes. Confirm a program's current standing with COAMFTE, and confirm what your state board requires with that board, before you enroll or make a financial commitment.

What this site is not

This site is a reference work, not an adviser. Nothing here is legal advice, clinical advice, financial advice, academic advising, or career counseling, and reading it creates no professional relationship of any kind. Program details, tuition, admission requirements and published outcomes change without notice, so verify anything you intend to rely on with the institution itself.

Compensation and how it affects the rankings

Compensation is possible on this site and is disclosed where it applies. This site may receive compensation when readers request information from or enroll in programs featured here. Sponsored placements are labeled. Accreditation status, wage data, and program structure data are sourced directly from official records and are reported the same way regardless of partnership status.

No school pays for a position in a ranking, and no school is shown its entry before publication. A program's score is produced by the published formula from public data, and it would be the same number whether or not any commercial relationship existed.

Acceptable use of the site

Acceptable use covers reading, quoting with attribution, and linking. You agree not to:

• Use the site for anything unlawful
• Try to gain unauthorized access to our systems or interfere with the site running normally
• Scrape or bulk-copy the compiled rankings, scores or program dataset without written permission
• Republish substantial parts of the site as your own work, or without attribution

The underlying public records are not ours and you should go to COAMFTE and the BLS for them directly. What we ask you not to take is the compiled and scored dataset, which is the work.

Content and intellectual property

Content on this site, meaning its writing, scoring model, compiled dataset, charts and design, is owned by MFT Programs or used with permission. Government data reproduced here, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage figures, is in the public domain and free for you to use.

Quoting us is welcome. Quote a reasonable extract, and attribute it to mftprograms.com with a link to the page it came from.

Links to other sites

Links to other sites appear throughout, pointing at schools, accreditors and government agencies. They are there so you can check what we say against the source. We do not control those sites, we are not responsible for their content or their practices, and a link is not an endorsement.

Corrections

Corrections are welcome and we would rather hear about an error than not. If a figure here is wrong, or a program's record has changed, write to help@hakia.com with a source and we will check it. Where a correction changes a published figure we will make it and move the page's last updated date.

Limitation of liability

Our liability is limited to the extent the law allows. MFT Programs, its owners and its contributors are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages arising from your use of the site or from any decision you make in reliance on it, including enrollment and financial decisions. The site is provided as is, without warranties of any kind.

Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and of the state in which the site's operator is established, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Contacting us about these terms

Questions about these terms go to help@hakia.com, which is the same address used for corrections and for privacy requests.