2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 356th most popular major in the country with 1,433 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Oregon, there were 49 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pastoral studies/counseling programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#1

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$14,247 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

GFU also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at GFU are $14,247, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GFU Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k)

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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