2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Georgia

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #86 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the most popular for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1 doctor's degrees in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Georgia

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.

Most Well Attended Schools for Pastoral Counseling Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur, GA

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Columbia Theological Seminary is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. Located in the large suburb of Decatur, Columbia Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries in Georgia. More information about a doctorate in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries from Columbia Theological Seminary

2

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Emory University is a popular choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta. More information about a doctorate in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries from Emory University

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	0
North Carolina	113	8
Louisiana	99	5
Alabama	94	2
Kentucky	86	27

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pastoral Counseling

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is one of 7 different types of Theology & Religious Vocations programs to choose from.

Pastoral Counseling Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	1

Majors Similar to Pastoral Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies	99
Religious Education	5
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.