2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Missouri 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,433 people earned their degree in pastoral studies/counseling, making the major the 356th most popular in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 54 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pastoral studies/counseling programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 5 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at MBTS are $6,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’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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