by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 364th most popular major in the country with 1,380 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 403 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,599 and $15,584 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pastoral studies/counseling. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in pastoral studies/counseling.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree pastoral studies/counseling students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valor Christian College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Canal Winchester, Ohio, and it awarded 29 associates’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Marion, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified associates’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union Bible College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Union Bible College is located in Westfield, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Great Lakes Christian College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region. Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Marion, Indiana, and it awarded 43 associates’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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