Student Counseling at California State University - Long Beach

If you plan to study student counseling, take a look at what California State University - Long Beach has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 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.

CSULB Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

CSULB Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 46 students who graduated with a master’s in student counseling from CSULB in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. CSULB 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 80% of degree recipients. That is 43% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	46

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Special Education
• Educational Administration
• General Education

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 - Long Beach.

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.