2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 273 people earned their degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling, making the major the 842nd most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 196 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s.
Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students in 2019-2020.
MBTS also made our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MBTS are $6,950.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
HBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Houston Baptist University are $12,650.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loma Linda University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s. Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Loma Linda, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Loma Linda University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lancaster Bible College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s. Lancaster Bible College is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees to qualified students.
Lancaster Bible College also made our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lancaster Bible College are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s list. Regent University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 17 masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at VCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228.
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Moravian College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Moravian is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Moravian also took the #4 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Moravian College are $17,442.
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With a ranking of #8, Faulkner University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s list. Faulkner University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Faulkner also took the #9 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Faulkner are $11,850.
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Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Deerfield, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees in 2019-2020.
TIU Illinois also took the #8 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TIU Illinois are $17,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s ranking. Located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students in 2019-2020.
Gordon - Conwell Seminary also took the #10 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary are $22,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Notes and References
References
- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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