2024 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the New England Region
6Colleges in the New England Region
97Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in marriage and family therapy/counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #211 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of marriage and family therapy/counseling. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School
Your choice of marriage and family therapy/counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings by Degree Level
The marriage and family therapy/counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
It is difficult to beat Fairfield University if you wish to pursue a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #163 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Fairfield U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent year we have data available.
Cambridge College is a good option for students interested in a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Located in the city of Boston, Cambridge College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 58th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 15 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Cambridge College in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in marriage and family therapy/counseling has to look into Southern Connecticut State University. SCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #917 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SCSU is a great university overall.
There were about 22 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent data year.
Antioch University - New England is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Antioch University - New England is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Keene. This university ranks 7th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 9 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Antioch University - New England in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #678 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CCSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 11th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 2 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Plymouth State in the most recent data year.
USJ is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of West Hartford. A Best Colleges rank of #748 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USJ is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at USJ in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 12th out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 2 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at NEC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).