by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Lay Ministry. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is a major offered under the theology and religious vocations program of study at Calvin University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in pastoral counseling, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The pastoral counseling major at Calvin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Pastoral Counseling. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Here are some of the other rankings for Calvin.
Part-time undergraduates at Calvin paid an average of $904 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $37,600 | $37,600 |
| Fees | $206 | $206 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,800 | $10,800 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,700 | $2,700 |
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Calvin does not offer an online option for its pastoral counseling bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Calvin Online Learning page.
None of the students who received their BA in pastoral counseling in 2019-2020 were women.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in pastoral counseling at Calvin in 2019-2020, 57.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Lay Ministry | 14 |
*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.
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