Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at George Fox University

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

GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and approximately 4,106 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.

GFU Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

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

GFU Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at GFU

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

GFU Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling from GFU in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in marriage and family therapy/counseling each year. GFU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a marriage and family therapy/counseling master's degree from GFU, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Trauma 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 OR, the home state for George Fox University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Psychology Professors	540	$76,580
Marriage and Family Therapists	380	$58,050

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 George Fox University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.