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Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$17,363 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,736 Avg Salary

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

With 188 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries is the #137 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

#1

Eastern University

Saint Davids, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern University the best value school in Pennsylvania for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their doctor’s degree. 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 in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Westminster Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of Glenside, Westminster Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Westminster Theological Seminary graduate students pay an average of $20,750 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 2 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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