Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

If you plan to study rehabilitation and therapeutic professions, take a look at what The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. Of the 310 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 118 of them were rehabilitation and therapeutic professions majors.

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the rehabilitation progam at UT Rio Grande Valley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The rehabilitation major at UT Rio Grande Valley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions. 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 Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	22
Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	128
Best Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	159
Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	160
	192
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Schools	201
Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	248
Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	258
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	265
Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools	337

In 2021, 68 students received their master’s degree in rehabilitation from UT Rio Grande Valley. This makes it the #22 most popular school for rehabilitation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #258 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation Graduates

The median salary of rehabilitation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Rio Grande Valley is $23,575. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,749 for all rehabilitation students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rehabilitation majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 118 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 72% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rehabilitation 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 Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

Of the 68 rehabilitation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Rio Grande Valley, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

In the rehabilitation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 91% of degree recipients. That is 65% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Rio Grande Valley also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

If you plan to be a rehabilitation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation Science	118
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling	50
Occupational Therapy	20

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medicine

Careers That Rehabilitation Grads May Go Into

A degree in rehabilitation 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 Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Physical Therapists	16,120	$92,940
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Occupational Therapists	9,250	$89,360
Rehabilitation Counselors	3,270	$44,910

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.