2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 139 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California

#1 in overall quality

$10,590 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Santa Clarita, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The Master’s University are $10,590.

Full The Master’s University and Seminary Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $30-$48k)

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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