2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $30-$48k) in Minnesota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the 168th most popular major in the country with 3,028 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,316 and had an average of $31,905 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 134 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,475 and $35,627 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $30-$48k) in Minnesota

#1

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k. Bethel University Minnesota is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 15 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Bethel University Minnesota did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Bethel University Minnesota

#2

University of Northwestern - St Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$8,982 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $8,982.

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#3

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Crown College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

Crown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Crown College are $10,270.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Crown

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $30-$48k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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