Student Counseling at California Lutheran University

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if California Lutheran University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and approximately 4,027 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Student Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

CLU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

CLU Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at CLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at California Lutheran University.

CLU Student Counseling Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of student counseling master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. CLU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Lutheran University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

If you plan to be a student counseling major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Lutheran University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	37
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	26

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Special Education
• Educational Administration

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	32,400	$74,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.