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2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in pastoral studies/counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pastoral studies/counseling programs and 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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid 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.

ORU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students with aid.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waxahachie, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Assemblies of God University is $24,982 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students with aid.

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

#3

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, Oklahoma
#3 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Shawnee, 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 4 students in 2019-2020.

OBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid per year to attend Oklahoma Baptist University.

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#4

The King's University

Southlake, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The King’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. The King’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Southlake, Texas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

TKU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,344 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid per year to attend TKU.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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 Getting Aid. Dallas Christian College is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.

Dallas Christian College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $28,261 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid per year to attend Dallas Christian College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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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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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