California MFT programs · private decision lab
Three schools. Your life. One honest comparison.
A tuition number is not the cost of becoming a therapist. Compare the published program facts with the commute, reduced work, fees, and time that would belong to your version of the degree.
In short
Which California MFT program has the lowest real financial exposure for me?
Three programs compared on published facts, personal costs, earnings given up, and an optional payback scenario
78 programs · 3 at a time · 0 data sentPrivate by design. Your school choices and financial values stay in this browser and are not sent anywhere. There is no account, contact field, upload, or submission endpoint in the Lab. Saving is optional and local to this device.
Choose up to three programs.
The Lab brings in public facts first. Then it asks only for the costs the school cannot know. A missing published price remains missing until you enter one; it is never treated as zero.
Your modeled exposure.
Total modeled exposure = tuition + school fees and books + loan costs during school + (months × added living/commuting cost) + (months × earnings given up). It is a comparison model, not a financial-aid award or debt forecast.
Only you can supply the payback assumption.
Enter a monthly after-tax income change only if you have a grounded personal estimate. We do not insert a therapist salary or promise that a degree increases income.
What the model does not decide: program quality, admissions odds, aid, loan terms after graduation, practicum availability, graduation, associate employment, or licensure. A lower number can still be the wrong program. Use the comparison to expose the questions—not to make them disappear.
What comes from published records
- 78 institutions on the current California program dataset
- 35 with a published total or reproducible rate-times-units figure
- 59 with a machine-readable published duration
- Degree, format, practicum responsibility, COAMFTE status, and LPCC route
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What remains your assumption
- The tuition figure you actually receive after aid
- Fees, books, commuting, housing changes, and work reduced
- Loan interest or origination costs during school
- Any income change after graduation
Each school card links back to its dated public source and complete profile.
Use the citations and any dated evidence records to check the claims relevant to your task. This label is not a verification status.
Education & training
Choose the degree and practicum first. Then separate required CE from optional specialty training.
Maintained evidence behind this page
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