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by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 364th most popular major in the country with 1,380 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 169 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 15 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 colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree pastoral studies/counseling students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy for Jewish Religion - California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 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 Shasta Bible College and Graduate School. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Redding, California, and it awarded 1 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Claremont School of Theology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Claremont, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanguard University of Southern California. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Costa Mesa, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Seattle University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. Seattle University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 5 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #7, Biola University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region list. Biola University is located in La Mirada, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Loyola Marymount University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Los Angeles, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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George Fox University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to 28 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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California Baptist University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit institution located in Riverside, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at California Baptist University
University of Portland did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Portland is a small school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 0 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full University of Portland Pastoral Studies/Counseling Report
Chaminade University of Honolulu did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #11. Chaminade University of Honolulu is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pastoral Studies/Counseling at Chaminade University of Honolulu
With a ranking of #11, Holy Names University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region list. HNU is located in Oakland, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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La Sierra University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Riverside, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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The Master’s University and Seminary did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pastoral Studies/Counseling Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Santa Clarita, California, and it awarded 26 masters’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Studies/Counseling at The Master’s University and Seminary
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