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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$28,567 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,975 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

$17,404 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Assemblies of God University the best value school in the Southwest Region for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Waxahachie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwestern Assemblies of God University are $17,404 per year.

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#2

Brite Divinity School

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brite Divinity School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Brite Divinity is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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$31,686 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Abilene.

Hardin - Simmons undergraduate students pay an average of $31,686 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dallas Theological Seminary. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Dallas, DTS Dallas is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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$33,620 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Dallas Baptist University is a great value for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DBU are $33,620 a year.

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$31,558 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Oral Roberts University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students. ORU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.

ORU undergraduate students pay an average of $31,558 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 214
Oklahoma 6
New Mexico 0

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
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 6 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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