2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 46 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pastoral studies/counseling programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in Georgia

#1

Columbia Theological Seminary

Decatur, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$15,770 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Decatur, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

Columbia Theological Seminary not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia Theological Seminary are $15,770, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia Theological Seminary Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

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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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