Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #751 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 217 degrees in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling annually.
Choosing a Great Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling School
Your choice of clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Schools in Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
Loma Linda University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.
There were roughly 2 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year.
Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Richmond.
There were about 14 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Regent University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
There were approximately 20 clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
