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.
There was only one school in California to review for the 2025 Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in California ranking.
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 in California 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 California
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 California Schools in Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
Rankings in Majors Related to Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
One of 13 majors within the Mental & Social Health Services area of study, Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling
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).