2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Kentucky

If you plan on getting your master's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #111 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 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the most popular for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 master's degrees in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in pastoral counseling matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Kentucky ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in Kentucky

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.

Most Well Attended Schools for Pastoral Counseling Students Working on Their Master's

1

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, KY

29 Annual Master's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. SBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

There were roughly 29 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who graduated with this degree at SBTS in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

2

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Louisville, KY

5 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary if you want to pursue a master's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. Located in the large city of Louisville, Louisville Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries in Kentucky.

There were roughly 5 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who graduated with this degree at Louisville Seminary in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

3

Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries needs to check out Asbury Theological Seminary. Asbury Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Wilmore. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries in Kentucky.

There were about 3 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who graduated with this degree at Asbury Seminary in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries from Asbury Theological Seminary

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	4
Georgia	186	26
Virginia	175	0
North Carolina	167	41
Tennessee	156	36
Alabama	147	18
South Carolina	141	8
Louisiana	140	37
Mississippi	120	1
Arkansas	119	1

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Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Related Rankings by Major

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

Pastoral Counseling Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	26
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	8
Youth Ministry	3

Majors Similar to Pastoral Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies	530
Missionary Studies	60
Biblical Studies	24
Religious Education	11
Sacred Music	9

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.