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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$11,748 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for student counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Student Counseling Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,564 per 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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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cal State LA graduate students pay an average of $8,219 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great value for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $8,280 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - East Bay. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.

Cal State East Bay graduate students pay an average of $8,429 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - San Bernardino is a great value for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUSB are $8,647 per year.

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California State University - Fresno did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Fresno State graduate students pay an average of $8,087 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, California State University - Northridge did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

CSUN graduate students pay an average of $8,477 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, California State University - Fullerton did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal State Fullerton are $8,410 a year.

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San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SFSU are $8,738 a year.

Full Student Counseling at San Francisco State University Report

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

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $8,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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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