2023 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’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 Colorado, there were 31 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $42,116 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs as well as strong veteran support.
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, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree vets studying pastoral counseling.
Top 1 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Denver Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Littleton, Colorado, and it awarded 1 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Denver Seminary, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 856 students enrolled at Denver Seminary were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,845. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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