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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$19,388 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,037 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling School for You

With 2,023 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #13 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California

Check out the student counseling programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Student Counseling Schools

$38,740 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Concordia University, Irvine to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a degree in California. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Concordia University, Irvine are $38,740 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Concordia University, Irvine is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Student Counseling Schools in California list.

Full Student Counseling at Concordia University, Irvine Report

$6,785 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

Cal State LA undergraduate students pay an average of $6,785 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Student Counseling at California State University - Los Angeles

$6,846 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great value for student counseling students. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

CSULB undergraduate students pay an average of $6,846 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,995 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 29 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - East Bay landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

Cal State East Bay undergraduate students pay an average of $6,995 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - East Bay Report

$7,213 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - San Bernardino helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best student counseling schools in California. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSUSB are $7,213 per year.

Read full report on Student Counseling at California State University - San Bernardino

$6,653 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Fresno did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for student counseling students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fresno State are $6,653 per year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - Fresno Report

$7,043 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, California State University - Northridge did quite well on this year’s best value schools for student counseling students. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CSUN undergraduate students pay an average of $7,043 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - Northridge Report

$6,976 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Fullerton came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

Cal State Fullerton undergraduate students pay an average of $6,976 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - Fullerton Report

#9

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

San Francisco State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Student Counseling at San Francisco State University

$7,392 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Sacramento came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Sac State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,392 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at California State University - Sacramento Report

Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value 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

One of 14 majors within the area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Student Counseling

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

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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