2023 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is the 211th most popular major in the country with 3,405 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,551 marriage and family therapy/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marriage and family therapy/counseling programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marriage and family therapy/counseling program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

167 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$13,598 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling for a Doctorate list. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 7 doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 3,131 students enrolled at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus, 167 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 90 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,598. During this same period, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles]](/colleges/the-chicago-school-of-professional-psychology-at-los-angeles/student-life/veterans/)

2

Alliant International University
San Diego, California

2 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alliant International University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling for a Doctorate list. San Diego, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

Alliant not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 3,429 students enrolled at Alliant were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $24,477. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Alliant offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Alliant International University]](/colleges/alliant-international-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.