Rehabilitation Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Every rehabilitation science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the rehabilitation science 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 has a total student population of 32,441. In 2021, 118 rehabilitation science majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Rehabilitation Science

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the rehabilitation science 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 science major at UT Rio Grande Valley 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 Popular Rehabilitation Science Schools	2
Most Focused Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Rehabilitation Science Schools	10
Best Value Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Rehabilitation Science Schools	22
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	41

Rehabilitation Science Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 118 rehabilitation science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Rio Grande Valley. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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 Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in rehabilitation science.

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

Related Majors

• Occupational Therapy
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

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 Rio Grande Valley.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.