2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Pennsylvania” ranking.

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is the 211th most popular major in the country with 3,405 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 64 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,028 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marriage and family therapy/counseling. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their marriage and family therapy/counseling program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree marriage and family therapy/counseling students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in Pennsylvania

1

Eastern University
Saint Davids, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at EU

2

Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#12 overall quality in Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Drexel University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.