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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$15,219 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,736 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree School for You

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the #54 most popular major in Illinois with 185 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for pastoral counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

Our analysis found McCormick Theological Seminary to be the best value school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

McCormick Theological Seminary graduate students pay an average of $9,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

Northern Seminary graduate students pay an average of $13,929 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. LSTC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at LSTC are $19,755 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity International University - Illinois landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Deerfield, TIU Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TIU Illinois are $17,780 a year.

Full Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Trinity International University - Illinois Report

Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 107
Ohio 37
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 8

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

Majors Similar to Pastoral Counseling

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Religious Education 687
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.

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