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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California

11 Colleges
$48,434 Avg Salary

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.

The Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in California to see which graduate certificate 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.

Check out the student counseling graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our analysis found California State University - Los Angeles to be the most popular school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 83% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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#2

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Redlands. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.

About 78% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#2

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Loma Linda.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alliant International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Of the 5 students majoring in student counseling at Alliant, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. 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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California State University - Dominguez Hills came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. CSUDH is a large public school located in the city of Carson.

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#6

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Fresno Pacific University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Azusa Pacific University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate student counseling programs. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.

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With a ranking of #8, Saint Mary’s College of California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 11 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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