Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling at Mount Mercy University

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

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 1,705 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.

Mount Mercy Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Degrees Available

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

Mount Mercy Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Rankings

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There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in marriage and family therapy/counseling, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 20 marriage and family therapy/counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Mount Mercy, about 25% were men and 75% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in marriage and family therapy/counseling each year. Mount Mercy does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a marriage and family therapy/counseling master's degree from Mount Mercy, 95% 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 Mount Mercy University with a master's in marriage and family therapy/counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Community Health Services/Liaison/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 IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Marriage and Family Therapists	680	$54,030
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.