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2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 356th most popular major in the country with 1,433 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 407 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pastoral studies/counseling. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pastoral studies/counseling programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The pastoral studies/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 Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Taylor University

Upland, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Taylor University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Taylor U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Upland, Indiana. It awarded 15 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Taylor U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $18,399 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Taylor University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.

Full Taylor U Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. IWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marion, Indiana. It awarded 15 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Wesleyan University is $17,450 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at IWU

#3

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Moody Bible Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is $17,212 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School

#4

Malone University

Canton, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Malone University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Canton, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Malone did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Malone is $17,721 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Malone

#5

Maranatha Baptist University

Watertown, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maranatha Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MBU is a small school located in Watertown, Wisconsin that handed out 9 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

MBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Maranatha Baptist University is $16,361 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full MBU Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

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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%.

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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