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

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

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

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the #21 most popular major in California with 6,163 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Online Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online clinical psychology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles the most popular online 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 large 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

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in California. Brandman is a moderately-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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fielding Graduate University is a great place for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their online graduate certificate. Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small 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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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 4 spot on the 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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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 94% of the clinical psychology majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, Concordia University, Irvine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their online graduate certificate. 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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Alliant International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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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 432
Oregon 434
Nevada 36
Hawaii 122
Alaska 24

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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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