2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Minnesota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 134 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,475 and $35,627 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Minnesota

#1

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the #1 spot on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bethel University Minnesota, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota list. Crown College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Crown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Crown are $10,270, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Crown College

#3

University of Northwestern - St Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$8,982 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northwestern - St Paul are $8,982, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Northwestern

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries

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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