2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,200
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 364th most popular major in the country with 1,430 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 63 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pastoral studies/counseling programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying pastoral studies/counseling.
Top 1 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lancaster Bible College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pastoral studies/counseling students in 2020-2021.
Lancaster Bible College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Lancaster Bible College supports 2,038 students, and 44 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 37 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,560. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lancaster Bible College]](/colleges/lancaster-bible-college/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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