2026 Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in Virginia
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling programs.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in Virginia
If you are not 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 Schools in Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
No school ranked higher than Regent University this year for clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Regent University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach. Roughly 58% of students complete a degree within six years here. About 27 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees were awarded at Regent University in the most recent year. Students who receive their clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degree from Regent University earn around $41,047 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $29,451 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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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