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2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

20 Colleges
$54,380 Avg Salary
$18,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 5,822 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for clinical psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles the most popular school in California for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 88% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brandman University is a great place for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 88% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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#3

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fielding Graduate University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Barbara.

About 78% of the students majoring in clinical psychology at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#4

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 97% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

Women make up 52% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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#6

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. 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 94% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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California State University - Monterey Bay ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the midsize suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 67% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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California State University - Los Angeles ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in clinical psychology at Cal State LA, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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#9

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 91% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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Concordia University, Irvine ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 60% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 317
Oregon 331
Nevada 20
Hawaii 122
Alaska 13

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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