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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,116 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southwest region, there were 387 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,975 and $32,072 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bakke Graduate University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Bakke Graduate University

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Brite Divinity School
Fort Worth, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brite Divinity School. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pastoral counseling degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Brite Divinity

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abilene Christian University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. Abilene Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Abilene Christian University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report

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The King's University
Southlake, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The King’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. TKU is located in Southlake, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at The King’s University

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University of the Southwest
Hobbs, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. University of the Southwest is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at University of the Southwest

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Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pastoral counseling degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Oral Roberts University

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