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2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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94 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that 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 $48-$75k” 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.

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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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moody Bible Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $16,501 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Moody Bible Institute.

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#2

Taylor University

Upland, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Taylor University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Taylor University is a small school located in Upland, Indiana that handed out 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 $22,891 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Taylor U.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Marion, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $48-$75k list, IWU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IWU is $18,465 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Indiana Wesleyan University

#4

Malone University

Canton, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Malone University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Canton, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

Malone not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $18,920 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Malone University.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Malone

#5

Maranatha Baptist University

Watertown, Wisconsin
#4 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maranatha Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Watertown, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

MBU also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Maranatha Baptist University is $17,903 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Maranatha Baptist University

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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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