2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in California

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Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 356th most popular major in the country with 1,433 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 139 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in California

#1

Life Pacific College

San Dimas, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,865 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Life Pacific College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in California list. LIFE Bible College is a small school located in San Dimas, California that handed out 29 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

LIFE Bible College also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Life Pacific College is $20,865 for california bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students.

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#2

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,833 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. Santa Clarita, California 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 9 students in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $28,833 for california bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students per year to attend The Master’s University and Seminary.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

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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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