2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

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In 2021-2022, 217 people earned their degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling, making the major the 751st most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. That schools that top this list have a program in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Major

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling

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Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Major. MBTS is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Full MBTS Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Report

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Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Maryland landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola University Maryland is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Loyola Maryland Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.