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2023 Best Value Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

10 Ranked Colleges
328 Degrees Awarded
$25,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling is the 751st most popular major in the country with 328 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools.

Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools. Houston Baptist University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees to qualified students.

HBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Houston Baptist University is $18,932 for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 42 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MBTS, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is $19,405 for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ashland University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools list. Ashland is a small school located in Ashland, Ohio that handed out 38 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ashland, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ashland University is $20,974 for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Maryland landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 5 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

Loyola Maryland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Loyola Maryland is $35,387 for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Loyola University Maryland Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Report

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Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #5 spot on the list. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 13 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Regent is $24,888 for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students.

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Moravian College
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

With a ranking of #6, Moravian College did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools list. Moravian is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

Moravian also took the #4 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,801 for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling students per year to attend Moravian College.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools ranking. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Deerfield, Illinois. It awarded 16 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TIU Illinois, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trinity International University - Illinois is $21,200 for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Fordham University
Bronx, New York

Fordham University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools ranking. Fordham University is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 5 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fordham U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking. It costs about $38,147 for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students per year to attend Fordham University.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Trinity International University - Florida ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools list. Trinity International University - Florida is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Miramar, Florida. It awarded 18 ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students list, Trinity International University - Florida has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling at Trinity International University - Florida

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Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #10, Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools list. Located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 33 degrees to qualified ’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students in 2020-2021.

Gordon - Conwell Seminary also took the #9 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools” ranking.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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