2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Arkansas, there were 4 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k. Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also made our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harding University are $11,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $48-$75k)

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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