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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Plains States region, there were 106 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Ozark Christian College

Joplin, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozark Christian College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Joplin, Missouri 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 10 students in 2019-2020.

Ozark Christian College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ozark Christian College is $15,138 for plains states region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Ozark Christian College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Christian College of the Bible. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Central Christian College of the Bible is a private not-for-profit institution located in Moberly, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Christian College of the Bible, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,118 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students with aid per year to attend Central Christian College of the Bible.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Central Christian College of the Bible

#3

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central University also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for North Central University is $21,142 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at North Central University

#4

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota 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 6 students in 2019-2020.

Crown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Crown is $26,396 for plains states region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Crown

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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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