2025 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools in the Southwest Region

A degree in pastoral studies/counseling is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #364 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 259 degrees in pastoral studies/counseling to qualified students.

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Pastoral Studies/Counseling Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Pastoral Studies/Counseling in the Southwest Region

The schools below may not offer all types of pastoral studies/counseling degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Pastoral Studies/Counseling

1

Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Oral Roberts University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in pastoral studies/counseling. Located in the city of Tulsa, ORU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in pastoral studies/counseling from Oral Roberts University

2

The King's University
Southlake, TX

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in pastoral studies/counseling needs to look into The King's University. TKU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Southlake.More information about a degree in pastoral studies/counseling from The King’s University

Best Pastoral Studies/Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best pastoral studies/counseling colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	158
Oklahoma	565	27
New Mexico	416	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pastoral Studies/Counseling

One of 6 majors within the Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries area of study, Pastoral Studies/Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Pastoral Studies/Counseling

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	393
Youth Ministry	44
Urban Ministry	22
Lay Ministry	17
Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies	3
Women’s Ministry	1

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.