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

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 Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 49 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#1

Eastern University

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$13,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. EU is located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.

EU also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern University are $13,610.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic 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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