by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. To top this list, a school must have a successful marriage and family therapy/counseling program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree marriage and family therapy/counseling students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson University Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s. Johnson University Florida is a small school located in Kissimmee, Florida that handed out 1 bachelors’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at JUFL
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Salle University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Johnson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Johnson University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #3 spot on the list. UNLV is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at University of Nevada - Las Vegas
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