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2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
136 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Texas, there were 324 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,400 and $27,675 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 136 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (Income $48-$75k) in Texas

#1

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #1 spot on the list. UST is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UST also took the #7 spot in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of St. Thomas are $21,634, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Dallas

Irving, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dallas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Dallas is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irving, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dallas are $33,750, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. DBU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.

DBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dallas Baptist University are $20,204, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also made our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hardin - Simmons are $14,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Hardin - Simmons University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #5 spot on the list. Waxahachie, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s pastoral counseling degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southwestern Assemblies of God University are $11,670.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Southwestern Assemblies of God University

#5 in overall quality

Abilene Christian University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Abilene, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Abilene Christian are $23,238, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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).
  • 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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