2024 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master's Degree Schools
108
Colleges in the United States
2,948
Master's Degrees
If you pursue a master's degree in
marriage and family therapy/counseling, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #65 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 108 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,948 master's degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of marriage and family therapy/counseling for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality marriage and family therapy/counseling program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on marriage and family therapy/counseling students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other marriage and family therapy/counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marriage and family therapy/counseling related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for marriage and family therapy/counseling students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools
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 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.