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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 #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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Student Counseling Colleges.

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 school with a very 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 large suburb of La Verne.

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Out of the 32 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Sacramento landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very 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 college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college 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 landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular student counseling programs. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, California State University - Fresno did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for student counseling students. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

San Jose State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Student Counseling Schools in California list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

Full Student Counseling at San Jose State University Report

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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.

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 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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