Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at Winston - Salem State University

If you are interested in studying vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor, you may want to check out the program at Winston - Salem State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 5,169 students attend the school each year. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Winston - Salem State University in 2021, 15 of them were vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor majors.

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.

WSSU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WSSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

WSSU does offer online education options in vocational rehabilitation counseling for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

WSSU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the vocational rehabilitation counseling progam at WSSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 vocational rehabilitation counseling major at WSSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. 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 Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Rehabilitation Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Rehabilitation Counseling Schools	7
Best Value Rehabilitation Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
	9
Most Focused Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Rehabilitation Counseling Schools	14
Best Value Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	21
	23
Most Popular Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	25
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	32
Best Rehabilitation Counseling Schools	47
	50

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from WSSU. This makes it the #25 most popular school for vocational rehabilitation counseling master’s degree candidates in the country.

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Student Demographics at WSSU

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

WSSU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WSSU, about 7% were men and 93% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its vocational rehabilitation counseling bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WSSU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 11 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WSSU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the vocational rehabilitation counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 91% of degree recipients. That is 41% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Winston - Salem State University with a master's in vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• 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 NC, the home state for Winston - Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Rehabilitation Counselors	2,370	$39,500

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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.