Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Abilene Christian University

Every marriage and family therapy/counseling school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the marriage and family therapy/counseling program at Abilene Christian University stacks up to those at other schools.

Abilene Christian is located in Abilene, Texas and has a total student population of 5,291.

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.

Abilene Christian Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

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

Abilene Christian Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings

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Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at Abilene Christian

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

Abilene Christian Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 36 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Abilene Christian, about 22% were men and 78% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in marriage and family therapy/counseling each year. Abilene Christian does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a marriage and family therapy/counseling master's degree from Abilene Christian, 58% 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 42% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

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 TX, the home state for Abilene Christian University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Marriage and Family Therapists	770	$45,820

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Keithimus of English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.