2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,308 people earned their degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 22 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marriage and family therapy/counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marriage and family therapy/counseling program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,870 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Mercy University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Mount Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy University are $10,870, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Mount Mercy University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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