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Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Mercer University

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Mercer University

If you plan to study marriage and family therapy/counseling, take a look at what Mercer University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and has a total student population of 9,006.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

Mercer Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling

Mercer Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at Mercer

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marriage and family therapy/counseling majors at Mercer University.

Mercer Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

83% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of marriage and family therapy/counseling master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 15% men graduate in marriage and family therapy/counseling each year. Mercer does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a marriage and family therapy/counseling master's degree from Mercer, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the marriage and family therapy/counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a master's in marriage and family therapy/counseling.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Mercer University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Psychology Professors 420 $75,850
Marriage and Family Therapists 130 $68,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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