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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,363 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 #83 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 123 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for pastoral counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

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

Check out the pastoral counseling doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Eastern University

Saint Davids, PA

Our analysis found Eastern University to be the best value school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of Saint Davids, EU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at EU are $13,976 per year.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Eastern University

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Westminster Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in Pennsylvania. Westminster Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glenside.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Westminster Theological Seminary are $20,750 a year.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 40
Maryland 0
New Jersey 6
District of Columbia 0

One of 7 majors within the area of study, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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