2023 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Ranked Colleges
18
Degrees Awarded
$26,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Pastoral Studies/Counseling is the 364th most popular major in the country with 1,430 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 18 pastoral studies/counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pastoral studies/counseling programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the pastoral studies/counseling program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling”.
Top 1 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Pastoral Studies/Counseling. Northwest Nazarene University is a small school located in Nampa, Idaho that handed out 11 ’s pastoral studies/counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
NNU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 80 of the 2,109 students enrolled at Northwest Nazarene University were GI Bill® students, of which 57 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,130. To help with additional expenses, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northwest Nazarene University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NNU]](/colleges/northwest-nazarene-university/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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