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2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in Illinois

13 Colleges
$38,810 Avg Salary
$7,500 Avg Student Debt

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Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the #54 most popular major in Illinois with 185 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the most popular school in Illinois for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

The excellent programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in Illinois. Located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais, Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, McCormick Theological Seminary landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Deerfield, TIU Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in Illinois list. Northern Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

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Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in Illinois list. Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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Catholic Theological Union at Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools in Illinois list. Catholic Theological Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#8

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, IL

Moody Bible Institute landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs. Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#9

Judson University

Elgin, IL

Judson University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs. Judson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Elgin.

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Chicago Theological Seminary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students. It came in at #10 on the list. Chicago Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 107
Ohio 37
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 8

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

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 13 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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