Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Cornerstone University

If you plan to study pastoral counseling & specialized ministries, take a look at what Cornerstone University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cornerstone is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 1,917.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries section at the bottom of this page.

Cornerstone Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling
• Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling

Cornerstone Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Rankings

The pastoral counseling major at Cornerstone is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Pastoral Counseling Student Demographics at Cornerstone

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pastoral counseling majors at Cornerstone University.

Cornerstone Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of pastoral counseling bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling at Cornerstone are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornerstone University with a bachelor's in pastoral counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cornerstone Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of pastoral counseling master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornerstone University with a master's in pastoral counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries

If you plan to be a pastoral counseling major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornerstone University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	7
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	4
Youth Ministry	4

Related Majors

• Missionary Studies
• Religious Education
• Biblical Studies
• Theological & Ministerial Studies

Careers That Pastoral Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in pastoral counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Cornerstone University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Clergy	2,700	$41,040
Religious Activities and Education Directors	1,340	$39,770
Philosophy and Religion Professors	780	$77,990
Religious Workers	130	$30,930

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wcbpolish under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.