2023 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Pastoral Counseling for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 188 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,224 and $27,729 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Pastoral Counseling for a Doctorate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Pastoral Counseling for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Pastoral Counseling for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Pastoral Counseling for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pastoral counseling students in 2020-2021.
Westminster Theological Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Among the 854 students enrolled at Westminster Theological Seminary, 26 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,026. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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