2024 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #161 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 99 bachelor's degrees in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pastoral counseling & specialized ministries students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pastoral counseling & specialized ministries students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for pastoral counseling & specialized ministries to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pastoral counseling & specialized ministries related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pastoral counseling & specialized ministries students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Pastoral Counseling

1

Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL

79 Annual Graduates

$29,204 Median Starting Salary

$12,000 Median Student Debt

Moody Bible Institute is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries. Located in the city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the pastoral counseling program earn about $29,204 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries from Moody Bible Institute

2

Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL

9 Annual Graduates

Olivet Nazarene University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.More information about a bachelor’s in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries from Olivet Nazarene University

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	44
Ohio	252	12
Indiana	235	86
Wisconsin	213	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pastoral Counseling

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is one of 7 different types of Theology & Religious Vocations programs to choose from.

Pastoral Counseling Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	49
Youth Ministry	39
Lay Ministry	2
Urban Ministry	1

Majors Similar to Pastoral Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies	196
Biblical Studies	123
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	115
Religious Education	86
Missionary Studies	80
Sacred Music	31

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.