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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California

32 Colleges
$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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for student counseling students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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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 California list. ULV is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of La Verne.

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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. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

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

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Irvine is a great place for student counseling students. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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California State University - Los Angeles landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for student counseling students. It came in at #7 on the list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, California State University - Fresno did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

San Jose State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

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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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Umary.marketing.

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