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2023 Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, student counseling students earned 2,023 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top California Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

#1

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

Our analysis found University of Redlands to be the best school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Redlands.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola Marymount University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Alliant International University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Read full report on Student Counseling at Alliant International University

California State University - Dominguez Hills came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 166
Oregon 208
Nevada 37
Alaska 21

Student Counseling is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Student Counseling Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services 12,323
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services 1,082
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services 453

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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