by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is the 211th most popular major in the country with 3,405 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 540 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 381 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 9 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 colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree marriage and family therapy/counseling students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Friends University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 51 diplomas to qualified masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Friends University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Mercy University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region. Mount Mercy University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Mount Mercy University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #3 spot on the list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 42 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #4 spot on the list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 190 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Capella University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region list. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Walden University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report
With a ranking of #6, Saint Cloud State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Cloud State University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report
Saint Louis University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region ranking. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 3 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Saint Louis University
South Dakota State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report
Sioux Falls Seminary ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Plains States Region list. Sioux Falls, South Dakota 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full North American Baptist Seminary Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report
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