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

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 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for pastoral studies/counseling students pursuing a master's degree.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for pastoral studies/counseling.

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

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

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Columbia International University
Columbia, SC

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling needs to take a look at Columbia International University. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, CIU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a master’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Columbia International University

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Erskine College
Due West, SC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Erskine College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. Erskine is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Due West. More information about a master’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Erskine College

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
Kentucky	248	7
Alabama	248	14
Louisiana	235	19
Mississippi	205	1
Arkansas	184	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pastoral Studies/Counseling

Pastoral Studies/Counseling is one of 6 different types of Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	2
Youth Ministry	1

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.