2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Southeast Region

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Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is the 211th most popular major in the country with 3,683 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southeast region, there were 491 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 41 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. That schools that top this list have a program in marriage and family therapy/counseling in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Southeast Region

1

Amridge University
Montgomery, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amridge University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.

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

2

University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, Louisiana

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #2 spot on the list. Monroe, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at University of Louisiana at Monroe

3

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region list. Nova Southeastern University is a large school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that handed out 17 doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NUS Florida Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Report

4

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

#23 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Florida State University

5

Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Major in the Southeast Region list. Lee University is a small school located in Cleveland, Tennessee that handed out 17 doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Lee University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.