Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at East Carolina University

What traits are you looking for in a vocational rehabilitation counseling school? To help you decide if East Carolina University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's vocational rehabilitation counseling program.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from ECU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• Master’s Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• Doctorate Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECU offers distance education options for vocational rehabilitation counseling at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ECU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks vocational rehabilitation counseling programs across the country. The following shows how ECU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The vocational rehabilitation counseling major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Rehabilitation Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Rehabilitation Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools	4
Best Value Rehabilitation Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	17
	17
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Schools	27

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from ECU. This makes it the #37 most popular school for vocational rehabilitation counseling master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in vocational rehabilitation counseling, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the vocational rehabilitation counseling majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Bachelor’s Program

The vocational rehabilitation counseling program at ECU awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 6% of these degrees went to men with the other 94% going to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling at ECU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor's in vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ECU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 vocational rehabilitation counseling majors earned their master's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a vocational rehabilitation counseling master's degree from ECU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a master's in vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECU also has a doctoral program available in vocational rehabilitation counseling. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation Science
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

Careers That Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Rehabilitation Counselors	2,370	$39,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.