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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region

52 Colleges
$52,960 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling School for You

In 2020-2021, 13,858 student counseling students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 52 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Student Counseling program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Student Counseling Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for student counseling students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#2

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of La Verne. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - Sacramento is a great place for student counseling students. Sac State is a very large public school located in the city of Sacramento.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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California State University - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for student counseling students. It came in at #6 on the list. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#7

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

With a ranking of #7, Brandman University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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California State University - Fresno ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Fresno State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fresno.

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#10

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

With a ranking of #10, Oregon State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 166
Oregon 208
California 2,023
Nevada 37
Alaska 21

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Student Counseling Focus Areas

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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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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