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As an AAMFT accredited program, the Marriage and Family Therapy program reports data on graduate achievement to our accrediting body on a yearly basis. The charts below for both on-campus and online learning provide evidence that our students successfully complete the program and are well prepared to pass the licensure exam and enter the profession following graduation.

Graduate Achievement Data

Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy Program - On Campus Branch

Northwestern University, The Family Institute
Accredited: 1995; Reaccredited: 2018

Minimum Program Length:  2 years  

Advertised Program Length: 2 years  

Maximum Time to Complete Program: 5 years  

Year Students Entered Program

# of Student in Program

Graduation Rate*

(Advertised Time)

Job Placement Rate**

Licensure Rate***

FT

FT

FT

FT

2015 – 2016

28

100.00%

92.86%

85.71%

2016 – 2017

27

100.00%

85.19%

85.19%

2017 – 2018

27

100.00%

85.19%

85.19%

2018 – 2019

26

100.00%

92.31%

84.62%

2019 – 2020

27

92.59%

92.00%

88.00%

2020 – 2021

31

96.77%

100.00%

100.00%

2021 – 2022

29

100.00%

96.55%

96.55%

2022 – 2023

30

100.00%

93.10%

90.00%

2023 – 2024

30

IP

IP

IP

Graduate Achievement Data  

Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy Program - Online Branch

Northwestern University, The Family Institute
Accredited: 2022

Minimum Program Length:  FT 2 years / PT 3 years

Advertised Program Length: FT 2 years / PT 3 years

Maximum Time to Complete Program: FT 5 years / PT 5 years

Year Students Entered Program

# of Student in Program

Graduation Rate*

(Advertised Time)

Job Placement Rate**

Licensure Rate ***

 FT

PT

FT

PT

FT

PT

FT

PT

2015 – 2016

{No students in program, first cohort, June 2022}

2016 – 2017

2017 – 2018

2018 – 2019

2019 – 2020

2020 – 2021

2021 – 2022

5

2

100.00%

50.00%

100.00%

100.00%

80.00%

IP

2022 – 2023

25

15

52.00%

IP

100.00%

IP

100.00%

IP 

2023 – 2024

42

23

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

FT = Full-time/ PT = Part-time
ON = Online
NS = No Students
IP = In Process: Program is in the process of collecting data

Programs are only required to provide data on the past 9 years/cohort or since the program was initially accredited, whichever is shorter.

* Graduation Rate is the program’s Advertised Length of Completion which is how long the program is designed to complete as written.

** Job Placement Rate is the percentage of graduates from the cohort year that are employed utilizing skills learned in the COAMFTE accredited program.

*** Licensure rate is the percentage of graduates from the cohort year that have achieved ANY level of MFT licensure.

For Master’s programs only, COAMFTE has established a benchmark of 70% licensure rate for each cohort.

To compare our student achievement data with comparable programs, please see data published by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.