by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,405 people earned their degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling, making the major the 211th most popular in the United States.
Across Florida, there were 163 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 121 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marriage and family therapy/counseling. That schools that top this list have a program in marriage and family therapy/counseling in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville University landed the #1 spot on the list. JU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 15 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Thomas University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Miami Gardens, Florida, and it awarded 10 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Nova Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palm Beach Atlantic University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida. Palm Beach Atlantic is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stetson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida. Stetson is a small school located in DeLand, Florida that handed out 5 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Central Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Southeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida list. SEU is a medium-sized school located in Lakeland, Florida that handed out 1 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Miami came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida ranking. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 2 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #10, South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in Florida list. Deerfield Beach, Florida 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 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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