Out of the 1 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Medical Family Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s medical family therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.