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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$19,388 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,037 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for student counseling majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Schools

$38,740 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Concordia University, Irvine to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a degree in California. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Concordia University, Irvine undergraduate students pay an average of $38,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Concordia University, Irvine is ranked #5 for overall quality for student counseling in California.

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$6,785 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cal State LA undergraduate students pay an average of $6,785 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - Los Angeles Report

$6,846 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in California. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

CSULB undergraduate students pay an average of $6,846 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,995 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - East Bay helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in California. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State East Bay are $6,995 per year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - East Bay Report

$7,213 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - San Bernardino. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSUSB are $7,213 a year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - San Bernardino Report

$6,653 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Fresno came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Fresno State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,653 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - Fresno Report

$7,043 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Northridge landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value student counseling programs. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

CSUN undergraduate students pay an average of $7,043 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,976 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Fullerton came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal State Fullerton are $6,976 a year.

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#9

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFSU are $7,304 per year.

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$7,392 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, California State University - Sacramento did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sac State are $7,392 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Sac State also did well on our Best Student Counseling Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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 25 schools only.

  • 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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