Student Counseling at California State University - Los Angeles

If you plan to study student counseling, take a look at what California State University - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 109 students received their master's degree in student counseling.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Student Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

Cal State LA Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

Cal State LA Student Counseling Rankings

Student Counseling Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Student Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 109 student counseling majors earned their master's degree from Cal State LA. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. Cal State LA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	67
White	15
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Instructional Media Design
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	32,400	$74,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.