Student Counseling at California State University - Northridge

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381.

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.

CSUN Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

CSUN Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 117 students who graduated with a master’s in student counseling from CSUN in 2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. CSUN 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 59% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	45
International Students	1
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 - Northridge. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	117

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teaching English or French
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Instructional Media Design
• 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 - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.