2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Great Lakes region, there were 159 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 154 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marriage and family therapy/counseling. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. IWU is a small school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 8 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
IWU also made our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana Wesleyan University are $13,512, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Stout is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to qualified students.
UW - Stout also took the #4 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stout are $16,851.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2019-2020.
University of Akron Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Illinois. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wheaton, Illinois. It awarded 23 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
Wheaton College Illinois also took the #5 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edgewood College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Edgewood is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to qualified students.
Edgewood also took the #8 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Edgewood College are $18,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Northeastern Illinois University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northeastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 7 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
Northeastern Illinois University also took the #9 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern Illinois University are $17,032, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #7, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 10 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Adler University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Adler is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 21 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
Adler also took the #7 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Adler are $37,732.
Northwestern University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.
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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%.
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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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