Northwestern University is regionally accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The on-campus and online branches of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Northwestern University are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), coa@aamft.org. A COAMFTE accredited program provides the graduate education required for students to be license-eligible in most states. Each state also requires an examination and a specified amount of supervised, post-graduate, clinical work for licensure.