The Virginia Tech Marriage and Family Therapy Ph.D. Program,
in the Department of Human Development, is the oldest continuously accredited MFT doctoral program in the nation, attracting students from across the country and around the world.   Students, faculty, and graduates have singular records of achievement, winning prestigious honors, holding important positions, and publishing some of the most respected articles in the field.
among our graduates . . .
Saliha Bava, Assoc. Dir., Houston-Galveston Institute.	Brennan Peterson, Clinical Dir., Chapman University MFT Program; Prize Paper, American Society for Reproductive Medicine.	Janie Long,         Director, Duke University Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life; former Secretary, American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy.	Marlene Watson,   Dir., Couple & Family Therapy, Drexel University; past Chair, Commission on Accreditation for MFT Education; Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.	John Miller, MFT Coordinator, University of Oregon;Fulbright Fellow; Research Associate, Mental Research Institute.	Toni Zimmerman, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar & Dir., Couple & Family Therapy, Colorado State University; Ruth Strang Research Award, National Association for Women in Education.	Layne Prest, Dir., Behavioral Medicine & Medical Family Therapy, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Delegate, Association of Marital & Family Therapy Regulatory Boards.	William Turner, Betts Chair of Counseling and Community Research, Vanderbilt University; Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College.

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overall graduation rate since 1982: 87%     minority student graduation rate: 88%
(national average for all doctoral students: 50-60%)

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