2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 76 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools

The clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the Southeast Region

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Regent is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052.

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#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees to qualified students.

VCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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