Most Popular Schools for Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals, including but not limited to, ordained clergy and other counseling professionals to respond to the emotional and/or spiritual needs of patients and families in health care emergencies and other situations, and to consult with and counsel other health care professionals. Includes instruction in advanced interpersonal communication; individual and small group counseling; interdisciplinary teamwork; crisis management; extended care relationships; self-analysis; medical ethics; pastoral care art; spiritual dimensions of human growth and health; counseling psychology and therapy; and applications to grief, death, emotional collapse, injury, individual/family adjustment, and chronic illness situations.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary	46	13%	N/A
2	Biola University	18	1%	$56,956
3	Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	17	6%	$20,256
4	Virginia Commonwealth University	15	0%	$32,041
5	Criswell College	8	17%	$11,450
6	Trinity International University-Illinois	8	2%	$46,510
7	Madonna University	6	1%	$35,670
8	Pentecostal Theological Seminary	6	13%	N/A
9	Moravian College	5	1%	$60,164
10	Houston Baptist University	5	1%	$46,340
11	George Washington University	4	0%	$71,930
12	Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary	4	7%	N/A
13	St. Thomas University	2	0%	$49,276
14	Loyola University Maryland	2	0%	$66,200
15	Lipscomb University	2	0%	$49,546
16	Regent University	1	0%	$29,763
17	Lancaster Bible College	1	0%	$37,370

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.