2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 3,308 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 475 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marriage and family therapy/counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marriage and family therapy/counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$10,870 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Mercy University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2019-2020.

Mount Mercy also made our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy University are $10,870.

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#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at SLU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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