MS in Counseling for K-12 Schools

This degree prepares compassionate professionals to provide counseling and support services for K-12 grade level students.

You’ll also have the option to add the Child Welfare and Attendance specialization that offers additional training in working with those students most at-risk for school failure. After completion, you will be eligible for the Clear Pupil Personnel Services Credential offered by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

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Quick Facts

Program Units
48-51
Average Duration
  • 3 years
  • 1 additional course and fieldwork for Child Welfare and Attendance Specialization
Format
  • In-person, Cohort
  • Courses meet consecutively once a week at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Summer courses meet twice weekly
Course Availability

Fall and Spring 15-week semesters with 8-week Summer sessions
Locations
  • Thousand Oaks
  • Oxnard
Program Costs

Scholarships

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Start Term

  • Fall

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Where Our Alumni Work

  • California Community Colleges
  • Central Valley Unified School District
  • Conejo Valley Unified School District
  • Fillmore Unified School District
  • Hueneme Unified School District
  • Lancaster Unified School District
  • Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Moorpark Unified School District
  • Oxnard School District
  • Oxnard Union High School District
  • Santa Barbara Unified School District
  • Santa Paula Unified School District
  • Simi Valley Unified School District
  • Ventura Unified School District

Child Welfare and Attendance Specialization

Current students and alumni of the Pupil Personnel Services program may obtain this optional specialization.

This course emphasizes school, home, and community factors contributing to school attendance, related laws, and intervention programs designed to enhance attendance and school safety.

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I was inspired to pursue a graduate degree in educational counseling by reflecting on the need for students to have an individual who wants to see them do great things and help them reach their goals. Cal Lutheran's M.S. in Counseling for K-12 schools program seemed like the best fit for me when I noticed their mission to cultural proficiency and inclusiveness. The program has allowed me the opportunity to grow in a comfortable setting and become the best version of myself.

Alejandro Rodriguez

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