2025 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
183Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Awarded
A degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #211 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 183 degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School
The marriage and family therapy/counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling rankings. We derive our Best Overall Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the marriage and family therapy/counseling degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Michigan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Akron Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 25 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #407 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Wheaton College Illinois is a great college overall.
There were roughly 16 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 29th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 15 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stout in the most recent data year.
Edgewood is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Madison. This college ranks 25th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 23 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Edgewood in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 59th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 15 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern Illinois University in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
One of 13 majors within the Mental & Social Health Services area of study, Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The marriage and family therapy/counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling rankings. We derive our Best Overall Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
