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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$20,587 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,736 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree School for You

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is the #168 most popular major in the country with 3,116 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for pastoral counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for pastoral counseling majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

Our analysis found Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion to be the best value school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . HUC - JIR is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at HUC - JIR are $27,035 per year.

Read full report on Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

#2

Eastern University

Saint Davids, PA

Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. EU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Davids.

EU graduate students pay an average of $13,976 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Eastern University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Glenside, Westminster Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster Theological Seminary are $20,750 per year.

Full Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Westminster Theological Seminary Report

Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral counseling and specialized ministries colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 188
New York 44
Maryland 0
New Jersey 6
District of Columbia 0

Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 15,832
Biblical Studies 4,119
Religious Education 1,417
Missionary Studies 1,220
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 1,166

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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