2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s
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With all of the options veterans 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 Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,116 people earned their degree in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 117 pastoral counseling and specialized ministries graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,712 and $27,000 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pastoral counseling and specialized ministries program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Pastoral Counseling for a Master’s list. This small school is located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 44 masters’s pastoral counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Gordon - Conwell Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 1,489 students enrolled at Gordon - Conwell Seminary, 6 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,506. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary]](/colleges/gordon-conwell-theological-seminary/student-life/veterans/)
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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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