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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$23,573 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

With 2,023 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #56 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for student counseling students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for student counseling majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

Our analysis found California State University - Los Angeles to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

Cal State LA graduate students pay an average of $8,219 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Dominguez Hills is a great value for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carson.

CSUDH graduate students pay an average of $8,494 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Loyola Marymount University is a great value for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Redlands. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Redlands are $23,532 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Alliant International University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in California. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Alliant graduate students pay an average of $19,874 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

Full Student Counseling at University of Southern California 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.

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 6 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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