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Highest earning master's student counseling and personnel services programs in California
California student counseling and personnel services programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno Pacific University | Fresno | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $80,307 | 103 |
| 2 | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | Public, 4-year | $73,361 | 35 |
| 3 | California State University-East Bay | Hayward | Public, 4-year | $71,142 | 50 |
| 4 | Concordia University-Irvine | Irvine | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $68,850 | 125 |
| 5 | University of Massachusetts Global | Aliso Viejo | Public, 4-year | $68,207 | 36 |
| 6 | California State University-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | $67,075 | 175 |
| 7 | National University | San Diego | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $64,585 | 328 |
| 8 | Saint Mary's College of California | Moraga | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $64,106 | 47 |
| 9 | Alliant International University-San Diego | San Diego | For-profit, 4-year | $62,285 | 46 |
| 10 | University of Redlands | Redlands | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $62,205 | 76 |
| 11 | California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $61,749 | 83 |
| 12 | California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | Public, 4-year | $59,543 | 107 |
| 13 | California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | Public, 4-year | $58,659 | 45 |
| 14 | California State University-Northridge | Northridge | Public, 4-year | $57,751 | 95 |
| 15 | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $56,575 | 64 |
| 16 | Sonoma State University | Rohnert Park | Public, 4-year | $56,566 | 38 |
| 17 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $52,999 | 123 |
| 18 | San Diego State University | San Diego | Public, 4-year | $52,062 | 122 |
| 19 | California State University-Dominguez Hills | Carson | Public, 4-year | $51,759 | 32 |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | Fresno | Public, 4-year | $46,137 | 68 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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