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 has developed its “Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Texas, there were 346 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,790 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waxahachie, Texas. It awarded 64 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The King’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. TKU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Southlake, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at The King’s University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at DBU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lubbock Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. Lubbock, Texas 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 full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at LCU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arlington Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at ABU
Dallas Christian College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Dallas Christian College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
University of Dallas ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Irving, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at UD
University of Mary Hardin - Baylor ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Belton, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at UMHB
Howard Payne University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. Howard Payne is a small school located in Brownwood, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Howard Payne
With a ranking of #10, Messenger College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Euless, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Messenger College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
East Texas Baptist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. East Texas Baptist University is located in Marshall, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at East Texas Baptist University
University of the Incarnate Word came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at University of the Incarnate Word
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