2024 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #424 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for pastoral studies/counseling students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 109 bachelor's degrees in pastoral studies/counseling during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pastoral studies/counseling students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of pastoral studies/counseling students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pastoral studies/counseling related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pastoral studies/counseling students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Pastoral Studies/Counseling

1

Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

Moody Bible Institute is a great choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. Located in the large city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Moody Bible Institute

2

Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Indiana Wesleyan University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. IWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Marion.More information about a bachelor’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Indiana Wesleyan University

Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral studies/counseling schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	2
Ohio	612	4
Illinois	558	49
Indiana	535	44
Wisconsin	435	8

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Pastoral Studies/Counseling Related Rankings by Major

Pastoral Studies/Counseling is one of 6 different types of Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Pastoral Studies/Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Youth Ministry	84
Lay Ministry	45
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	6
Urban Ministry	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.