Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Amridge University

If you plan to study pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, take a look at what Amridge University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amridge is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 775 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in pastoral counseling.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries section at the bottom of this page.

Amridge Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling
• Doctorate Degree in Pastoral Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at Amridge

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Amridge offers distance education options for pastoral counseling at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Amridge Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in pastoral counseling, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pastoral Counseling Student Demographics at Amridge

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pastoral counseling majors at Amridge University.

Amridge Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Program

Of the 10 pastoral counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Amridge, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

In the pastoral counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amridge University with a master's in pastoral counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Religious Education
• Biblical Studies
• Theological & Ministerial Studies

Careers That Pastoral Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in pastoral counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Amridge University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Clergy	450	$47,140
Philosophy and Religion Professors	220	$63,930
Religious Activities and Education Directors	60	$85,670
Religious Workers	50	$41,430

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.