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2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for pastoral counseling majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

About 55% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 45% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Brigham Young University - Provo helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Iliff School of Theology is a great place for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their master’s degree. Iliff School of Theology is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

About 50% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#4

Naropa University

Boulder, CO

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Naropa University is a great place for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their master’s degree. Naropa is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

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#5

Denver Seminary

Littleton, CO

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Denver Seminary landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Littleton, Denver Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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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 5 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).

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