Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Emory University

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

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997.

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.

Emory Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling

Emory Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Rankings

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There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in pastoral counseling, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pastoral Counseling Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 pastoral counseling majors earned their master's degree from Emory. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the pastoral counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Religious Education
• Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)
• 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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Clergy	700	$56,270
Philosophy and Religion Professors	360	$77,770
Religious Activities and Education Directors	170	$58,430

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 Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.