2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

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Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling is the 842nd most popular major in the country with 273 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 76 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students in 2019-2020.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling at VCU

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling at Regent University

#3

Faulkner University

Montgomery, Alabama

$11,850 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faulkner University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students in 2019-2020.

Faulkner also made our “Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Faulkner University are $11,850, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Faulkner University Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling (With Aid)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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