2024 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
9
Colleges in the Southwest Region
174
Master's Degrees
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #65 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for marriage and family therapy/counseling students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 174 master's degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of marriage and family therapy/counseling for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality marriage and family therapy/counseling program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on marriage and family therapy/counseling students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other marriage and family therapy/counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marriage and family therapy/counseling related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for marriage and family therapy/counseling students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.