Student Counseling at California State University - Los Angeles

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

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 26,745.

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.

Cal State LA Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Cal State LA Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at Cal State LA

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

Cal State LA Student Counseling Master’s Program

The student counseling program at Cal State LA awarded 109 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. Cal State LA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	67
White	15
International Students	6
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Los Angeles. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	118
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services	9

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Instructional Media Design
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• 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 State University - Los Angeles.

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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.