Student Counseling at California State University - Bakersfield

If you are interested in studying student counseling, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Bakersfield. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 11,745 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.

CSUB Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

CSUB Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at CSUB

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

CSUB Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a master's degree in Student Counseling from CSUB in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 82% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

Student Counseling majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Bakersfield. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	33

Related Majors

• General Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 State University - Bakersfield.

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.