by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,116 people earned their degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,592 and had an average of $26,577 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 241 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,495 and $27,729 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Valley Forge. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UVF is a private not-for-profit institution located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full UVF Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lancaster Bible College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
Full Lancaster Bible College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cairn University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Cairn is a small school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Cairn University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Geneva College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Geneva
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Saint Davids, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Eastern University
Nyack College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Nyack, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Nyack
With a ranking of #7, Clarks Summit University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Clarks Summit University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Full CSU Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
La Salle University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. La Salle University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at La Salle University
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