Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #751 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 degrees in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling School
The clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
Virginia Commonwealth University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #240 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling needs to look into Regent University. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach. This university ranks 20th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 13 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent year we have data available.
Faulkner University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Located in the city of Montgomery, Faulkner is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 24th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 4 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at Faulkner in the most recent data year.
Trinity International University - Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Trinity International University - Florida is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Miami.
There were approximately 18 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at Trinity International University - Florida in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
One of 13 majors within the Mental & Social Health Services area of study, Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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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The clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
