Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Mercy College

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

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and approximately 9,547 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.

Mercy Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

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

Mercy Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings

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Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in marriage and family therapy/counseling from Mercy. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in marriage and family therapy/counseling each year. Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the marriage and family therapy/counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Marriage and Family Therapists	970	$49,420

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 Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.