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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

Lisle, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,929 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Northern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lisle, Illinois. It awarded 8 doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Seminary are $13,929, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northern Seminary Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

#1

Trinity International University - Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$17,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TIU Illinois, the school also landed 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 TIU Illinois are $17,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at TIU Illinois

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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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