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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in California

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Student Counseling Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in California to see which master's degree 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 master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school 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 La Verne

La Verne, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of La Verne is a great place for student counseling students working on their master’s degree. ULV is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of La Verne.

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

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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 working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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 California list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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

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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 working on their master’s degree. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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 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 #6 on the list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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 landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree student counseling programs. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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California State University - Fresno ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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 California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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 California list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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 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 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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