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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,028 people earned their degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, making the major the 168th most popular in the United States. 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 247 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,900 and $40,968 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lancaster Bible College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lancaster Bible College is a small school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that handed out 21 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Lancaster Bible College also made our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,349 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid per year to attend Lancaster Bible College.

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#2

Clarks Summit University

South Abington Township, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarks Summit University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Clarks Summit University is a small school located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid list, CSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CSU is $16,313 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid.

Full CSU Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report

#3

Nyack College

Nyack, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nyack College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Nyack, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

Nyack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Nyack is $19,077 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid.

Full Nyack College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report

#4

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Valley Forge. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pastoral counseling students in 2019-2020.

UVF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $20,636 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Pastoral Counseling students with aid per year to attend UVF.

Full UVF Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report

#5

Eastern University

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Davids, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

EU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $22,284 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid per year to attend EU.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Eastern University

#6

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Geneva College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Geneva College is a small school located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Geneva also made our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $19,778 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid per year to attend Geneva.

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#7

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Cairn University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Cairn is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.

Cairn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $21,859 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid per year to attend Cairn.

Full Cairn Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report

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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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