2025 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
9Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
158Marriage 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 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 158 degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School
Your choice of marriage and family therapy/counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings by Degree Level
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 Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Every student who is interested in marriage and family therapy/counseling needs to take a look at University of Rochester. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 9 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Syracuse University if you wish to pursue a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
Hofstra University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 4 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in marriage and family therapy/counseling has to take a look at LIU Post. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville. This school ranks 24th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 12 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at LIU Post in the most recent data year.
Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Dobbs Ferry. This college ranks 86th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 12 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Mercy in the most recent data year.
UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 9 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #89 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Thomas Jefferson University is a great university overall.
There were about 19 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Thomas Jefferson University in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 20 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 69th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 14 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Iona in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of marriage and family therapy/counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
