by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,116 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,592 and had an average of $26,577 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 48 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia pastoral counseling students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luther Rice College & Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia. Luther Rice is a small school located in Lithonia, Georgia that handed out 28 ’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Toccoa Falls College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia. Toccoa Falls is a small school located in Toccoa Falls, Georgia that handed out 9 ’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emmanuel College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia list. Located in Franklin Springs, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified ’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia. Emory University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shorter University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia list. Shorter University is located in Rome, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
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Brewton - Parker College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #6. Brewton - Parker College is located in Mount Vernon, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s pastoral counseling degrees to qualified students.
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Truett McConnell University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Cleveland, Georgia, and it awarded 1 ’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
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Columbia Theological Seminary did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia ranking, coming in at #8. Columbia Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decatur, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Point University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Pastoral Counseling Major in Georgia ranking. West Point, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pastoral counseling degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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