Also called: Spiritual Care Provider
Offers spiritual comfort to dying patients and their families.
Hospice chaplains sit with patients, pray or simply listen, help families say goodbye, and lead memorial services, supporting people of every faith or none.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 7 years after high school. Master of Divinity plus Clinical Pastoral Education; board certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Theology, Religious Studies, Psychology.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Sitting with the dying, listening and praying with families is human presence AI cannot replace.
Classes: Psychology, World religions, English, Public speaking.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-2011.
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