2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,624 people earned a degree or certificate in pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, making the major the #109 most popular in the United States.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the United States to see which master'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.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for pastoral counseling majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Bethel Seminary - San Diego to be the best value school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Bethel Seminary - San Diego is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bethel Seminary - San Diego are $8,520 a year.
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Out of the 44 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the # 2 spot on the list. The Master's University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Santa Clarita.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Master’s University are $8,580 per year.
The Master’s University also claimed a spot on our Best Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a great value for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their master’s degree. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MBTS are $6,950 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Moody Bible Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in the United States. Located in the city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School are $9,270 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in the United States. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Olivet Nazarene are $12,190 a year.
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Luther Rice College & Seminary ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Lithonia, Luther Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Luther Rice are $6,618 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Crown College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their master’s degree. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.
Crown graduate students pay an average of $10,640 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bethel University Minnesota came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 a year.
Bethel University Minnesota excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools list.
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University of Northwestern - St Paul came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.
Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $8,982 in tuition and fees each year.
Grace College and Theological Seminary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Winona Lake, Grace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grace College are $8,054 a year.
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries by Region
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Majors Related to Pastoral Counseling
One of 7 majors within the area of study, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Pastoral Counseling
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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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