Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Liberty University

What traits are you looking for in a pastoral counseling school? To help you decide if Liberty University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's pastoral counseling program.

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year.

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.

Liberty University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling

Liberty University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Rankings

The pastoral counseling major at Liberty University 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 Liberty University

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

Liberty University Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of pastoral counseling bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling at Liberty University 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 Liberty University with a bachelor's in pastoral counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	60
International Students	0
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 Liberty University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	86
Youth Ministry	17
Lay Ministry	16

Related Majors

• Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)
• Religious Education
• Sacred Music
• 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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Clergy	1,360	$43,640
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280
Religious Activities and Education Directors	520	$53,240
Religious Workers	90	$31,470

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.