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2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California

32 Colleges
$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 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Student Counseling program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for student counseling majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for student counseling students. 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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#2

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of La Verne. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California list. ULV is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of La Verne.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Sacramento. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

Out of the 32 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 32 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Irvine landed the # 5 spot on the list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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With a ranking of #6, California State University - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

With a ranking of #7, Brandman University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for student counseling students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

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California State University - Fresno ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

With a ranking of #10, San Jose State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

Full Student Counseling at San Jose State University Report

Best Student Counseling Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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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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