2023 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Texas for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Master’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 Texas, there were 158 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Pastoral Studies/Counseling for a Master’s. Dallas, Texas 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 61 students in 2020-2021.
DTS Dallas also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Among the 2,447 students enrolled at DTS Dallas, 25 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,919. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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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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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