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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master's in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 New Jersey, there were 25 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree pastoral counseling students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

#1

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Seton Hall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Seton Hall University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in South Orange, New Jersey. It awarded 5 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Seton Hall are $25,172.

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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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