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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$19,894 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,885 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate School for You

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the #109 most popular major in the country with 1,624 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their graduate certificate. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.

Full Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Loyola University Chicago Report

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 107
Illinois 185
Ohio 37
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 8

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 values are for the top school 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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