Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

UK Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Rankings

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Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 vocational rehabilitation counseling majors earned their master's degree from UK. Of these graduates, 24% were men and 76% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in vocational rehabilitation counseling each year. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a vocational rehabilitation counseling master's degree from UK, 55% 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 University of Kentucky with a master's in vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Music Therapy
• Rehabilitation Science
• Physical Therapy/Therapist

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Health Specialties Professors	2,070	$64,560
Rehabilitation Counselors	710	$37,200

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.