When it comes to popularity, clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling sits in the middle of the road, ranking #751 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
There was only one school in the Southwest Region to review for the 2025 Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the clinical pastoral counseling/patient counseling degree levels they offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in 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).