M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy Admission Requirements

Requirements for All Students

The M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy program operates on a cohort model, with cohorts beginning in Fall Semesters only. The M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy program considers individual and group interviews and the qualifications and qualities of the entire applicant pool when making final admissions decisions. Applicants must submit complete applications by the March 1st deadline.

1. Bachelor's Degree from a Regionally Accredited Institution.
2. GPA 3.0 minimum. 
3. GRE General Test. Institution Code 1905.
4. Official Transcripts from each individual school at which you ever enrolled - even for just one credit and even if it appears as transfer credit on your bachelor's transcript.
   • E-transcripts preferred. Address them to nancy.crane@wheaton.edu.
   • Mail hard copies to Nancy Crane, Graduate Admissions Dept., 501 College Av., Wheaton, IL 60187.
5. Online Application Form.
   • Form contains four essays, signed Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant.
6. Four Recommendations, which are online forms. Letters accepted as supplements to the forms.
   • Academic. Should be an instructor from whom you have taken a class.
   • Pastoral. Can be a Christian leader who is not a pastor.
   • Professional. Should be a person with whom you have had a supervisor-employee relationship, which can be in a non-paid context.
   • Mental Health Professional. Should be a licensed, mental-health practitioner or a psychology professor.
7. Resume - chronological.
8. Personal Interview with an MFT faculty member. We hope to use the interview to get to know students better and to give them an opportunity to get to know our program better. NOTE: Please submit your application form forty-eight hours prior to the interview. Supplemental items are not required for the interview.

• Interview Day (On Campus) is Friday, 2/14/20. We strongly recommend coming to this day.
  • Please register for Interview Day by contacting the MFT Program Administrator at mft@wheaton.edu.

• Official online interview dates for Fall 2020 have passed, but additional video-conference interviews will be conducted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the MFT Program Administrator at mft@wheaton.edu to schedule a video-conference interview. 

Additional Requirements for International Students

• The English Proficiency exam (TOEFL or IELTS) is required for all international applicants instead of the GRE.
• If TOEFL or IELTS is waived, then MAT or GRE is required.
• Transcript evaluation report required with every official transcript.
• The formal application deadline for all international applicants is January 1st. Please review the Graduate International Admissions page for more information.

Application Deadline Information