Rehabilitation Science at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you are interested in studying rehabilitation science, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at El Paso. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and has a total student population of 24,879. Of the 434 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2021, 78 of them were rehabilitation science majors.

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

UTEP Rehabilitation Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Rehabilitation Science

UTEP Rehabilitation Science Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The rehabilitation science major at UTEP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rehabilitation Science. 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 Focused Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Value Rehabilitation Science Schools	16
Best Rehabilitation Science Schools	19

Rehabilitation Science Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rehabilitation science majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation science from UTEP. About 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical rehabilitation science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rehabilitation science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in rehabilitation science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist

Careers That Rehabilitation Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in rehabilitation science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Rehabilitation Counselors	3,270	$44,910
Life Scientists	140	$94,230

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.