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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Student Counseling Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 48 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the student counseling master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for student counseling students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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

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#2

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of La Verne helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 146 students majoring in student counseling at ULV, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at California State University - Sacramento helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular student counseling schools in the Far Western US Region . Sac State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

Of the 140 students majoring in student counseling at Sac State, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

Women make up 84% of the student counseling majors at the school.

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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 Master’s Degree 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.

About 81% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 19% are male.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 118 students majoring in student counseling at Brandman, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for student counseling students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

Of the 117 students majoring in student counseling at CSUN, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, California State University - Fresno did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Fresno State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fresno.

About 84% of the students majoring in student counseling at the school are women while 16% are male.

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

Of the 109 students majoring in student counseling at Cal State LA, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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#10

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

San Jose State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 74 students majoring in student counseling at San Jose State, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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Best Student Counseling Colleges by State

Explore the best student counseling colleges 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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