by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,465 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , pastoral counseling & specialized ministries graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $31,317 and had an average of $29,032 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 211 pastoral counseling & specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major” ranking looked at 30 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries. That schools that top this list have a program in pastoral counseling & specialized ministries in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree pastoral counseling students.
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Valor Christian College landed the #1 spot on the list. Canal Winchester, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to 37 students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Valor Christian College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. It awarded 9 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Bible College landed the #3 spot on the list. Pacific Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Pacific Bible College
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Grace Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. Grace is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wyoming, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozark Christian College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major. Ozark Christian College is located in Joplin, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 23 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Ozark Christian College
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s pastoral counseling students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Wendell, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Union Bible College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Westfield, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s pastoral counseling students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Union Bible College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Kansas Christian College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. This small school is located in Overland Park, Kansas, and it awarded 1 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Kansas Christian College
North Central University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. North Central University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full North Central University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Waxahachie, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Deerfield Beach, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Calvin University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking, coming in at #13. Calvin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Calvin
Maranatha Baptist University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Maranatha Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Watertown, Wisconsin. It awarded 5 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full MBU Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Geneva College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. This small school is located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Geneva Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Emmaus Bible College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking, coming in at #16. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Emmaus Bible College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Marion, Indiana. It awarded 35 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at IWU
Crown College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Crown College is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Crown College
Union University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Union University
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. NOBTS is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 92 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
Welch College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking, coming in at #21. Welch is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gallatin, Tennessee. It awarded 3 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Welch Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Bethel University - Mishawaka came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. This small school is located in Mishawaka, Indiana, and it awarded 1 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Bethel University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Mid-South Christian College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s pastoral counseling students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full MSCC Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
Belhaven University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Belhaven
Indiana Wesleyan University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Located in Marion, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 73 diplomas to qualified associates’s pastoral counseling students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full IWU Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. This small school is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it awarded 0 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Point University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Point University is located in West Point, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Point
With a ranking of #21, Howard Payne University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. Located in Brownwood, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s pastoral counseling students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Howard Payne University
Great Lakes Christian College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major ranking. Located in Lansing, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s pastoral counseling students in 2021-2022.
Full Great Lakes Christian College Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Report
With a ranking of #21, Universidad Teologica del Caribe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pastoral Counseling Major list. This small school is located in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, and it awarded 19 associates’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Universidad Teologica del Caribe
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