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2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$15,906 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,885 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for pastoral counseling majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Pastoral Specialized Ministries

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in the United States for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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#2

Nazarene Theological Seminary

Kansas City, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nazarene Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Nazarene Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Nazarene Theological Seminary are $10,210 per year.

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#3

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Seattle U graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

George Fox University

Newberg, OR

The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Fox University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in the United States. GFU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Newberg.

GFU graduate students pay an average of $14,293 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Gordon - Conwell Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Hamilton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gordon - Conwell Seminary are $23,005 per year.

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Dallas Baptist University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DBU are $21,272 a year.

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Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Far Western US
Southwest
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One of 7 majors within the area of study, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 7 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).

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