by our College Data Analytics TeamMarriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is a concentration offered under the mental and social health services major at Pacific Lutheran University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in marriage and family therapy/counseling, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at PLU was $969 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $29,841 | $29,841 |
| Fees | $550 | $550 |
PLU does not offer an online option for its marriage and family therapy/counseling master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the PLU Online Learning page.
About 80.0% of the students who received their Master’s in marriage and family therapy/counseling in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 84.1%.
Around 40.0% of marriage and family therapy/counseling master’s degree recipients at PLU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.