2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in Kentucky

If you plan on getting your master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #195 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the most popular for pastoral studies/counseling students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8 master's degrees in pastoral studies/counseling during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Pastoral Studies/Counseling School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in Kentucky ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of pastoral studies/counseling students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for pastoral studies/counseling.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Pastoral Studies/Counseling in Kentucky

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling.

Most Well Attended Schools for Pastoral Studies/Counseling Students Working on Their Master's

1

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Louisville, KY

5 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary if you want to pursue a master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. Louisville Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in pastoral studies/counseling in Kentucky.

There were roughly 5 pastoral studies/counseling individuals who graduated with this degree at Louisville Seminary in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

2

Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Asbury Theological Seminary is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. Located in the town of Wilmore, Asbury Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in pastoral studies/counseling in Kentucky.

There were approximately 3 pastoral studies/counseling individuals who graduated with this degree at Asbury Seminary in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary

3

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary if you want to pursue a master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. Located in the large city of Louisville, SBTS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. More information about a master’s in pastoral studies/counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	427	2
Georgia	361	23
North Carolina	323	37
Tennessee	296	25
South Carolina	251	0
Alabama	248	14
Louisiana	235	19
Mississippi	205	1
Arkansas	184	1

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Pastoral Studies/Counseling Related Rankings by Major

One of 6 majors within the Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries area of study, Pastoral Studies/Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	26
Youth Ministry	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.