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2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 407 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in pastoral studies/counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pastoral studies/counseling programs and 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 Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Moody Bible Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Moody Bible Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $16,698 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Moody Bible Institute.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Marion, Indiana, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $23,010 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend IWU.

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#3

Taylor University

Upland, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Taylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. Upland, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Taylor U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Taylor University is $25,559 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#4

Malone University

Canton, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Malone University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Canton, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Malone, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Malone University is $21,730 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Studies/Counseling students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5

Maranatha Baptist University

Watertown, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maranatha Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Watertown, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

MBU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $22,868 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend MBU.

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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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