Available Christian and Pastoral Counseling Degrees
Associate and Bachelor’s Degrees:
Master’s Degrees:
- Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling
- Addictions and Recovery
- Community Chaplaincy
- Crisis Response and Trauma
- Discipleship and Church Ministry
- Dobson Center Family Advocacy, Public Policy, and the Future*
- Dobson Center Marriage and Family Studies*
- Dobson Center Parenting and Child/Adolescent Development*
- General
- Leadership
- Life Coaching
- Marriage and Family
- Military Resilience
- Pastoral Counseling
- Theology
- Master of Arts in Religion – Pastoral Counseling
- Master of Divinity – Pastoral Counseling
Doctoral Degrees:
*Liberty University is home to the James C. Dobson Center for Child Development, Marriage, and Family Studies. Learn from a curriculum that incorporates video lectures taught by Dr. James C. Dobson, as well as other distinguished Christian psychologists and family therapists. You can receive specialized counseling training in advocacy and public policy, child and adolescent development, or marriage and family studies.
Online Christian and Pastoral Counseling Degrees
If you want to explore counseling methods that are clinically and biblically sound, Liberty University can help. We offer a wide range of online Christian and pastoral counseling programs designed to help you integrate faith and theology with mental health principles. By studying under our experienced faculty, you can learn how to minister to your clients’ mental and spiritual needs.
Maybe you’re looking to work as a church counselor, or perhaps you want to pursue counseling roles in non-licensure agencies and other settings. Either way, our Christian and pastoral counseling degrees can help you develop the skills needed to provide counseling from a biblical perspective.
With programs at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, you can select the degree that best matches your interests and career goals. Our online courses give you the flexibility to earn your degree from the comfort of your home without sacrificing your commitment to your job or family.
At Liberty, we seek to Train Champions for Christ, and we want to help meet your needs as a student and as a professional. By choosing one of our Christian and pastoral counseling degrees, you can prepare to make a difference in your community — and beyond.
Benefits of Liberty’s Online Christian and Pastoral Counseling Programs
- We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America. Earning your online Christian and pastoral counseling degree from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
- The majority of tuition for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs has not increased in 9 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university.
- With Liberty University’s 8-week terms and 8 start dates per year, you can complete a flexible and affordable degree in less time than you would on a traditional campus.
- Liberty is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Military Benefits
Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:
- Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/retirees
- Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
- Current Department of Defense employees
We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses and $275 per credit hour for graduate courses*
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder
- Discounted divinity block rate for master’s-level divinity programs: $2,475 per semester (for students taking 9-15 credit hours)**
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
- Potential college credit for your military training for undergraduate programs
*At the doctoral level, the D.Min. in Pastoral Counseling, Ed.S., and Ed.D. programs qualify for the graduate military discount of $275 per credit hour.
**Credits taken below 9 and above 15 credit hours are charged at the part-time rate.
“In the times in which we’re living today, Liberty University’s mission, the mission of training up a generation of
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
Experience That Matters to You
As an accredited Christian college with a 7,000-acre campus in Lynchburg, Virginia, Liberty University offers you an education that is both academically challenging and rooted in a biblical worldview.
At Liberty, you’ll benefit from 35+ years of learning, growing, adapting, and innovating for the distance learner — and more than a decade of researching the needs of the online student. You can be confident that we’ve taken the time to learn what’s important to you.
And what’s that?
- Affordability
- Accessibility
- Academic Quality
These important factors challenged us to find new financial solutions, get ahead of industry trends, and blaze trails into cutting-edge career fields — and it’s paid off. That’s the difference experience makes.
Ranked in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America and recognized by multiple institutions for academic quality, affordability, and accessibility.
Why Choose Liberty University?
Enjoy Flexible Courses
Choose from a wide variety of programs at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level, most of which are 100% online*. With an 8-week format and 8 start dates per year, it’s easy to fit your courses around your schedule!
* Some exclusions apply. Please refer to our exclusions page for more information.
Maximize Your Time
Start and finish your degree faster! Liberty requires no standardized testing for admission, and you can transfer previous course credit — transfer in up to 75% of a bachelor’s degree and up to 50% of a master’s, postgraduate, or doctoral degree — or discover how your life, career, or military experience may count toward your college degree.
Grow in Your Faith
All of our courses are taught from a Christian perspective, and our faculty see themselves as mentors. Our mission is to Train Champions for Christ — we’re committed to championing you as you study to go further in your field, become a leader in your industry, or start a new career.
Access Academic Support
Throughout your educational journey, you will have access to academic resources that will aid in the completion of your degree. Services include our Jerry Falwell Library, writing center, tutoring, study aids, IT assistance, 30+ tutorial videos, live webinars, and personalized help from our academic advising team.
An Online Education with On-Campus Benefits
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Graduate with your peers
Be inspired by world-renowned
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As a nonprofit (not-for-profit) university, Liberty is in the business of training skilled professionals to make a difference in the world – not gaining profit, revenue, or producing dividends for shareholders. In keeping with our commitment to your education, we invest our resources back into degree programs and into your student experience.
While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university and has not increased tuition for 9 straight years. Lower tuition means less student loan debt for students.
For Liberty University, nonprofit is more than a status; it is a valuable opportunity to invest in the lives of students who will go out and impact the world.
Financing Options
Financial Aid
Nearly 80% of all Liberty students in an online program are awarded financial aid. Virginia residents may qualify for additional aid — learn more!
Corporate Tuition Assistance
Deferred – If your company reimburses you for the cost of your education, you pay only a portion of your balance up front. You submit your grades to your employer who pays you, and then you pay the remaining balance for your classes.
Tuition Discounts
Qualified military service members, veterans, and their spouses can receive up to 55% off their tuition rate for eligible programs!
Contact one of our Admissions Counselors for more information by calling (800) 424-9595.
