2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 80 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$11,460 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lancaster Bible College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lancaster Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lancaster Bible College also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lancaster Bible College are $11,460.

Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Lancaster Bible College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k)

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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