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Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,512 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,497 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master's Degree 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Nazarene University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NNU are $10,964 per year.

Full Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Northwest Nazarene University Report

#2

Denver Seminary

Littleton, CO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Denver Seminary is a great value for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Littleton, Denver Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Denver Seminary are $12,060 per year.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Denver Seminary

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral counseling and specialized ministries colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 7
Utah 5
Idaho 11

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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