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2025 Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in Tennessee

3 Colleges in Tennessee
89 Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Awarded
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #211 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of marriage and family therapy/counseling. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling annually.

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Choosing a Great Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling School

Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in Tennessee 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for marriage and family therapy/counseling schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

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

Master's Degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Doctor's Degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling

The marriage and family therapy/counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in Tennessee. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling in Tennessee

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the marriage and family therapy/counseling degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Tennessee Schools in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling

1
Lipscomb crest
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TN

Any student pursuing a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling needs to check out Lipscomb University. Lipscomb is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #688 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.

There were about 16 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent data year.

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2
Lee University crest
Lee University
Cleveland, TN
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TN

It is difficult to beat Lee University if you want to pursue a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland. This university ranks 17th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were about 17 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TN
56 Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling needs to look into Trevecca Nazarene University. TNU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. This university ranks 30th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were about 56 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with this degree at TNU in the most recent data year.

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Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 715 152
North Carolina 710 44
Georgia 690 48
South Carolina 530 15
Kentucky 518 32
Mississippi 501 2
Alabama 500 29
Louisiana 489 30
Arkansas 466 27
West Virginia 410 13

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One of 13 majors within the Mental & Social Health Services area of study, Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 90
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 17
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 16
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 6
Clinical/Medical Social Work 5
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 5

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