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CIP PROGRAM: 39.0701
Pastoral Studies/Counseling.

Summary: A program that focuses on the theory and principles of pastoral care and prepares ordained clergy to provide non-clinical pastoral counseling to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in pastoral leadership, counseling psychology; crisis intervention; individual and group procedures; theological and spiritual counseling; pastoral care; and applications to specific types of ministry.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 91 460 670
2021 67 446 650
2022 88 370 684
2023 95 357 670
2024 42 378 688
Change +4.40% -22.39% -

Related CIPs

39 THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS.
39.07 Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries.
39.0701 Pastoral Studies/Counseling.
39.0702 Youth Ministry.
39.0703 Urban Ministry.
39.0704 Women's Ministry.
39.0705 Lay Ministry.
39.0706 Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies.
39.0799 Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Pastoral Studies/Counseling.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Arlington Baptist University4 -40.00%
Bushnell University3 -
Calvary University11 -30.00%
Central Christian College of the Bible3 -44.44%
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary1 -
Crown College2 -20.00%
Dallas Christian College1 +100.00%
Emmanuel University8 +100.00%
Family of Faith Christian University3 +400.00%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion7 -51.28%
Johnson University2 +60.00%
Lancaster Bible College11 -25.00%
Lee University45 -15.38%
Liberty University19 -41.18%
Life Pacific University32 +10.00%
Loyola University Chicago1 -
Malone University1 -100.00%
Manna University6 -
Maranatha Baptist University6 -30.00%
Marian University3 -100.00%
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary6 -
Mission University5 -54.17%
Moody Bible Institute38 -35.71%
North Central University12 -8.33%
Oklahoma Baptist University3 +300.00%
Oral Roberts University17 -53.85%
Ozark Christian College8 -
Pacific Rim Christian University1 -40.00%
Randall University2 -100.00%
South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary3 -
Southern Nazarene University7 -50.00%
Southwestern Assemblies of God University2 -50.00%
Southwestern College1 -100.00%
Spring Arbor University4 -33.33%
Taylor University7 -57.14%
The King's University12 +166.67%
The Master's University and Seminary8 +100.00%
Union Bible College1 -
Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa6 -66.67%
Universidad Teologica del Caribe14 +23.08%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor8 +66.67%
University of Valley Forge7 -
University of the Incarnate Word3 +100.00%
Vanguard University of Southern California11 -
Welch College4 -
World Mission University19 +150.00%