COAMFTE Graduate Achievement Criteria Data Disclosures

The Falk College Marriage & Family Therapy programs are accredited by the The Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), 112 South Alfred Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, (703) 838-9808, coa@aamft.org. COAMFTE is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). As a part of our accreditation, we are asked to provide consistent information about academic quality and graduate achievement to foster continuing public awareness, confidence, and investment. We do this in an annual report on graduate achievement. Below are charts outlining our annual graduation rates, job placement rates and licensure rates.

Master of Arts Program

COAMFTE Graduate Achievement Criteria Data for Syracuse University (MA)

Accredited: 07/31/1975
Advertised Program Length: FT: 2 Years, PT: 3 Years [1]

Cohort Year Students Entered Program # of Students in Program Graduation Rate in Advertised Time(%) [1] Job Placement Rate (%) [2] Licensure Rate (%) [3]
FT full time PT part time FT full time PT part time FT full time PT part time FT full time PT part time
2015-2016 16 2 75% 100% 100% 100% 75% 100%
2016-2017 27 NS 96% NS 100% NS 81% NS
2017-2018 23 1 100% 100% 100% 100% 91% 100%
2018-2019 14 2 100% 100% 86% 100% 86% 100%
2019-2020 10 2 90% 50% 100% 100% 89% IP
2020-2021 17 NS 82% NS 92% NS IP NS
2021-2022 37 1 IP IP IP IP IP IP
2022-2023 16 NS IP NS IP NS IP NS

Graduate Achievement Data for Syracuse University (Online MA, Part-time Only)

Accredited: 07/31/1975
Advertised Program Length: 3 Years [1]

Cohort Year Students Entered Program # of Students in Program Graduation Rate in Advertised Time (%) [1] Job Placement Rate (%) [2] Licensure Rate (%) [3]
2015-2016 NS NS NS NS
2016-2017 NS NS NS NS
2017-2018 NS NS NS NS
2018-2019 NS NS NS NS
2019-2020 NS NS NS NS
2020-2021 48 IP IP IP
2021-2022 48 IP IP IP
2022-2023 55 IP IP IP

Doctoral Program

COAMFTE Graduate Achievement Criteria Data for Syracuse University (Ph.D.)

Accredited: 07/31/1996
Advertised Program Length: 4 years [1] Maximum Length 12 Years
Cohort Year Students Entered Program # of Students in Program
Full Time		 Advertised Graduation Rate in Advertised Time (%) [1] Job Placement Rate (%) [2] Licensure Rate (%) [3]
2015-2016 2 100% 100% 100%
2016-2017 2 50% 100% 100%
2017-2018 2 100% 100% 100%
2018-2019 NS NS NS NS
2019-2020 2 IP IP IP
2020-2021 2 IP IP IP
2021-2022 2 IP IP IP
2022-2023 1 IP IP IP
FT = Full‐time
PT = Part‐time
IP = In Process: Students from the cohort listed have yet to graduate from the cohort year listed.
NS = No Students

Programs are only required to provide data on the past 7 years/cohort or since the program was initially accredited, whichever is shorter.

[1] Graduation Rate is the program’s Advertised Length of Completion which is how long the program is designed to complete as written.
[2] Job Placement Rate is the percentage of graduates from the cohort year that are employed utilizing skills learned in the COAMFTE accredited program.
[3] 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. Students who pursue further education (i.e., Ph.D.) are counted as not achieving any level of MFT licensure.