Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Walden University

What traits are you looking for in a marriage and family therapy/counseling school? To help you decide if Walden University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marriage and family therapy/counseling program.

Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year.

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.

Walden University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at Walden University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Walden University offers distance education options for marriage and family therapy/counseling at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at Walden University

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

Walden University Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

83% Women

50% 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. Walden University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the marriage and family therapy/counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 MN, the home state for Walden University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Marriage and Family Therapists	1,040	$57,770
Psychology Professors	710	$86,380

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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