Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries degree recipients are Chicago, IL, Lynchburg, VA, and New Orleans, LA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries degree recipients are Trujillo Alto, PR, Wyoming, MI, and Westfield, IN. The most common degree awarded to students studying Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries and the types of students that study this field. Redeemers University North America awards the most degrees in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries, followed by Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary.
Tuition costs for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries majors are, on average, $7,530 for in-state public colleges, and $27,360 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (275 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (3,431 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (3,431 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Redeemers University North America has the most Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries degree recipients, with 308 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries.
Out of all institutions that offer Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Redeemers University North America has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Theology graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Theology majors is $67,003 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
The industry that employs the most Theology majors is Religious organizations, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Fishing, hunting & trapping.
The average salary for Theology majors is $67,003 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Theology majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Theology majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Theology majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Theology majors, by number of employees, are Clergy, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Theology majors working as Clergy, Religious workers, all other, and Directors, religious activities & education.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Theology majors are Surgeons, Gaming services workers, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
The number of Theology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.785%, from 327,727 in 2022 to 330,301 in 2023.
The most common industries that employ Theology majors, by number of employees, are Religious organizations, Elementary & secondary schools, and uninformed.
The highest paying industries of Theology majors, by average wage, are Fishing, hunting & trapping, Animal food, grain & oilseed milling, and Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing.
The number of Theology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.785%, from 327,727 in 2022 to 330,301 in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Theology graduates by share is Religious organizations, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Theology.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Theology majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Theology majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Theology. The most common ages of employees with this major are 39 and 40 years old, which represent 2.45% and 2.43% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Theology are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Paraguay that hold Theology degrees (8.52 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (5,255 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Social Perceptiveness.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
