The College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Argosy University in Eagan, Minnesota, offers a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy (DMFT). This 60 credit-hour, practice-oriented degree prepares students for careers as clinical supervisors, graduate-level teachers, private practitioners, and agency administrators. Students are required to complete core, supervision, research and customized concentration courses as well as a practicum, clinical project and internship. Applicants to the DMFT program must have have a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy or a related field as well as grade point average of 3.0 for their Master's level work and three credit-hour graduate level courses in basic family therapy concepts. Financial aid is available for Argosy graduate students in the forms of federal grants, loans and work-study programs as well as some institutional aid from individual Argosy campuses.
The Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) doctoral program offered by the Department of Family and Social Science at the University of Minnesota prepares students for careers as therapists and therapy related researchers, supervisors, trainers, program developers and administrators. The program takes four to five years of post-Master's study to complete (on average) and includes classroom coursework as well as a clinical internship and doctoral dissertation. Applicants to the MFT program must have a clinical Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, social work, psychology, counseling or psychiatric nursing. Financial aid is available in the form of Research and Teaching Assistance programs and Graduate School Fellowships.
The Amridge University School of Human Services offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Professional Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. This 60-semester-hour, research-oriented program is taught primarily through online classes as well as around one week per year of on-campus classes at their Alabama location. Students in Minnesota can meet most of their residency requirements for the program by participating in live broadcast classes over the computer. While the doctoral program at this school does not prepare students for professional licensure, it does include courses on the theories of counseling and marriage and family therapy, human development, problems with abuse and addiction, and cultural diversity. Applicants to the program must have a Master's degree in a related field as well as a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in their Master's coursework, and have taken the Graduate Record Exam General Test or the Miller Analogies Test. Financial aid is available in the way of scholarships, grants and incentive programs.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Marriage and Family Therapy program of the School of Behavioral and Health Sciences at North Central University is offered completely online so that students in any area can attend. This Ph.D. program takes 72 credit-hours to graduate from and 18 of those credit-hours must be in a specialization such as Child and Adolescent Therapy, Couples Therapy, General Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy or Therapy with Military Families. Applicants with a previous Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy can enter directly into the Ph.D. program, while those with a Master's in a different clinical or therapy discipline must be evaluated and then complete standard curriculum courses before they can enter into the specialized courses for their degree. Payment plans are available for tuition, as well as financial aid such as Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans and Federal Graduate PLUS Loans.