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individual evaluations of each student from their external, on site supervisor as well as
faculty supervisor).
2. Once students are graduated, we maintain data on graduation rates, licensure exam
pass rates, and job placement rates in the field. We are able to verify graduation rates
from our own internal data. Once students are graduated, we must rely on their
maintaining in contact with us to provide us with licensure exam pass rates and career
data. To encourage students to do this, we utilize social media and personal contact. We
provide graduates with a permanent @nova.edu email address. In addition, we maintain
three active Facebook pages: an NSU MS in MFT Club page; a page put together by
graduates but linked to the program director, for those signed up to take the licensure
exam; and the program director’s individual page. The program director posts job
openings and resources for graduates to encourage graduates to maintain contact with her
and with the program. We also host monthly “reunions” for graduates in the tricounty
area, one for graduates in agency work and one for graduates in private practice. In
addition, the NSU alumni office sends out a survey to graduates annually. We consider
ourselves both “high tech” and “high touch” in our efforts to maintain contact with
graduates. The program director is reliably in contact with the majority of program
graduates, and supplies them with job openings, references, workshop information, and
ongoing updates on the licensure examination.
3. Finally, we also maintain contact with major employers of our graduates and obtain
their input through participation in our curriculum committee. We have representatives of
large private practices and agencies that employ our graduates in the tricounty area
serving on this committee and this allows us to continuously assess the program fit with
employer needs.
Graduation Rates
Accreditation by the COAMFTE (Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family
Therapy Education) requires that programs graduate at least 5-% of their students within
the minimum advertised length of the program and 65% by the maximum advertised
length of the program. The M.S. in Family Therapy program advertises that students
graduate within a 2-5 year time frame. Analysis of data indicates that the program
graduates 62% of its students by the 2 year mark and 96% by the 5 year deadline. These
impressive statistics substantially exceed the requirements of the COAMFTE.
National Licensure Exam Pass Rate
Graduates of our M.S in Family Therapy program are eligible to become registered interns
in the state of Florida as Marriage and Family Therapists. Registered Interns can take the
National licensing exam developed and administered by AMFTRB (Association of Marital
and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards). Registered interns must take and pass the exam
and complete other clinical requirements in order to be eligible to become fully licensed
marriage and family therapists in the state of Florida. Through the education, mentoring
and diligent efforts on the part of the program, our graduates have a passing rate of 99%
over last 10 years on the AMFTRB National Exam.
