2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Plains States Region
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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 Plains States region, there were 475 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 390 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marriage and family therapy/counseling programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marriage and family therapy/counseling program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 182 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
Capella University also made our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 57 degrees to qualified masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2019-2020.
Walden University also made our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. SMU MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 49 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU MN, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota are $10,260.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Mercy University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy are $10,870, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Cloud State University is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to qualified students.
St. Cloud State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Cloud State University are $12,904, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Saint Louis University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #7, Friends University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Friends University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 51 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
Friends University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Friends University are $11,448, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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