2025 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #424 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 bachelor's degrees in pastoral studies/counseling during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pastoral studies/counseling students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pastoral studies/counseling students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pastoral studies/counseling related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pastoral studies/counseling students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Pastoral Studies/Counseling

1

Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling has to look into Oral Roberts University. Located in the city of Tulsa, ORU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in pastoral studies/counseling from Oral Roberts University

2

The King's University
Southlake, TX

12 Annual Graduates

The King's University is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in pastoral studies/counseling. TKU is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Southlake.More information about a bachelor’s in pastoral studies/counseling from The King’s University

Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral studies/counseling colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	33
Oklahoma	377	22
New Mexico	202	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pastoral Studies/Counseling

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

Majors Similar to Pastoral Studies/Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	60
Lay Ministry	8
Youth Ministry	6
Women’s 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.