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Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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$40,885 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate School for You

With 284 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, pastoral counseling and specialized ministries is the #96 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Pastoral Specialized Ministries Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for pastoral counseling majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the most popular school for pastoral counseling and specialized ministries students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Of the 7 students majoring in pastoral counseling at Loyola Chicago, 14% are male and 86% are female.

Full Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries at Loyola University Chicago Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Catholic Theological Union at Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular pastoral counseling and specialized ministries schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Catholic Theological Union is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 207
Ohio 97
Indiana 163
Wisconsin 22

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 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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