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2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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$40,885 Avg Salary

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

With 161 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries is the #104 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries program at each school on the list.

Check out the pastoral counseling graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

#1

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Holy Names University the most popular school in California for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their graduate certificate. HNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Holy Names University

Our analysis found Fresno Pacific University to be the most popular school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fresno.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Fresno Pacific University

Our analysis found Fuller Theological Seminary to be the most popular school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Fuller is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Fuller Theological Seminary

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 27
Oregon 58
Hawaii 0

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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