Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Ouachita Baptist University

If you are interested in studying pastoral counseling and specialized ministries, you may want to check out the program at Ouachita Baptist University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ouachita Baptist is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and approximately 1,704 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling from Ouachita Baptist.

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.

Ouachita Baptist Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling

Ouachita Baptist Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the pastoral counseling progam at Ouachita Baptist compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The pastoral counseling major at Ouachita Baptist 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66
Most Focused Pastoral Specialized Ministries Schools	156

Pastoral Counseling Student Demographics at Ouachita Baptist

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

Ouachita Baptist Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 pastoral counseling students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ouachita Baptist, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pastoral counseling at Ouachita Baptist 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 Ouachita Baptist University with a bachelor's in pastoral counseling.

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

Ouachita Baptist also has a doctoral program available in pastoral counseling. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Theological & Ministerial Studies
• Biblical Studies
• Sacred Music
• Missionary 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 AR, the home state for Ouachita Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Clergy	330	$44,660
Philosophy and Religion Professors	70	$88,200
Religious Activities and Education Directors	30	$67,510

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.