2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools
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.
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 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 39 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the pastoral counseling doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 10 Most Popular Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to be the most popular school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Louisville, SBTS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 5% of the pastoral counseling majors at the school.
The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at George Fox University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular 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.
Of the 38 students majoring in pastoral counseling at GFU, 61% are male and 39% are female.
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Out of the 39 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the # 3 spot on the list. The Master's University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Santa Clarita.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McCormick Theological Seminary. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools list. McCormick Theological Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
About 45% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 55% are male.
Out of the 39 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Northern Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
About 11% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 89% are male.
Trinity International University - Illinois did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield.
Women make up 11% of the pastoral counseling majors at the school.
Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Evanston, Garrett - Evangelical Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
About 58% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 42% are male.
Bakke Graduate University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Dallas, BGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
About 33% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 67% are male.
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Westminster Theological Seminary landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree pastoral counseling and specialized ministries programs. Westminster Theological Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glenside.
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Ashland University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ashland.
About 86% of the students majoring in pastoral counseling at the school are women while 14% are male.
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Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries by Region
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Majors Related to Pastoral Counseling
One of 7 majors within the area of study, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 27 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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