2022 Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across California, there were 139 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pastoral studies/counseling programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in California (With Aid)

#1

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California

#1 in overall quality

$10,590 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Santa Clarita, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Master’s University and Seminary are $10,590, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at The Master’s University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling (With Aid)

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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