by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,380 people earned their degree in pastoral studies/counseling, making the major the 364th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 259 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in pastoral studies/counseling. That schools that top this list have a program in pastoral studies/counseling in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arlington Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Arlington Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The King’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. Southlake, Texas 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 8 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 Dallas Christian College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. Dallas Christian College is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. OBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It awarded 4 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Southern Nazarene University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Bethany, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Waxahachie, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Mary Hardin - Baylor ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Belton, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees 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%.
University of the Incarnate Word came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of the Southwest landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of the Southwest Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report
Family of Faith Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
East Texas Baptist University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Marshall, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Randall University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Randall University is a small school located in Moore, Oklahoma that handed out 0 bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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