2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,308 people earned their degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.

Across Minnesota, there were 388 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 309 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marriage and family therapy/counseling programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marriage and family therapy/counseling program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in Minnesota (With Aid)

#1

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#4 in overall quality

$12,904 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University also made our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Cloud State University are $12,904, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at St. Cloud State University

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 182 masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Capella University

#3

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$10,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 49 diplomas to qualified masters’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2019-2020.

SMU MN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota are $10,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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