Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Every vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the vocational rehabilitation counseling program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Degrees Available

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in vocational rehabilitation counseling, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 48 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Rio Grande Valley, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the vocational rehabilitation counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 94% of degree recipients. That is 44% 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 vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Occupational Therapy
• Rehabilitation Science

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
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.