2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,195 people earned their degree in college student counseling and personnel services, making the major the 413th most popular in the United States.

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 For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in college student counseling and personnel services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality college student counseling and personnel services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the college student counseling and personnel services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree college student counseling students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 39 degrees to qualified masters’s college student counseling students in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at University of Southern California

#2

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#3 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. California Polytechnic State University - 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 also made our “Best College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

#3

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value College Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Thousand Oaks, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s college student counseling degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

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 CLU are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at California Lutheran University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for College Student Counseling & Personnel Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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