2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

College Student Counseling & Personnel Services is the 413th most popular major in the country with 1,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 88 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 college student counseling and personnel services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in college student counseling and personnel services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great college student counseling and personnel services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the college student counseling and personnel services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree college student counseling students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services in California

#1

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#3 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 17 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo are $21,009.

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#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Lutheran University landed the #2 spot on the list. California Lutheran University is located in Thousand Oaks, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s college student counseling degrees to qualified students.

CLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Lutheran University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 39 masters’s college student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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