Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Fairfield 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 Fairfield University stacks up to those at other schools.

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 5,513 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.

Fairfield U Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

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

Fairfield U Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings

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Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

The marriage and family therapy/counseling program at Fairfield U awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 6% of these degrees went to men with the other 94% going to women.

Of the students who received a marriage and family therapy/counseling master's degree from Fairfield U, 59% 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 41% 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 Fairfield University with a master's in marriage and family therapy/counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Social Work
• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Marriage and Family Therapists	270	$61,750

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.