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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

1 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$14,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the 168th most popular major in the country with 3,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,316 and had an average of $31,905 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 63 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,400 and $40,897 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pastoral counseling and specialized ministries 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 counseling and specialized ministries 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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The pastoral 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 Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon doctor’s degree pastoral counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#1

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Newberg, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 40 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Fox University are $14,247, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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