2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,433 people earned their degree in pastoral studies/counseling, making the major the 356th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 407 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 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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The pastoral studies/counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Trinity International University - Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$17,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #1 spot on the list. Deerfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity International University - Illinois are $17,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full TIU Illinois Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (With Aid)

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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