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

5 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 166 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

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

#1

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ORU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ORU is $17,078 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at ORU

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Waxahachie, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southwestern Assemblies of God University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Assemblies of God University is $23,726 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Southwestern Assemblies of God University

#3

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Oklahoma Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,537 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend OBU.

Full OBU Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

#4

The King's University

Southlake, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The King’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. TKU is located in Southlake, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.

TKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,438 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The King’s University.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Christian College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Dallas Christian College is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Dallas Christian College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Christian College is $26,952 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Dallas Christian College

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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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