2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Oregon 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 Oregon, there were 63 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,400 and $40,897 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The pastoral counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree pastoral counseling students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$14,247 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pastoral Counseling Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid list. GFU is a small school located in Newberg, Oregon that handed out 3 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

GFU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GFU are $14,247, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at GFU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries (With Aid)

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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