2026 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in the Far Western Region
[Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling](/majors/health-care-professions/mental-social-health-services/clinical-pastoral-counseling-patient-counseling/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling education at a price that pays off.
College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling schools.
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2026 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in the Far Western Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools
Leading the list is Biola University, our #1 best value for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling in the Far Western Region. Set in the suburb of La Mirada, Biola University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $48,984 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates is $25,308. Early-career clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates make about $45,003. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Biola University admits about 74% of applicants.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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