2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling is the 383rd most popular major in the country with 1,228 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 150 vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The vocational rehabilitation counseling school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree vocational rehabilitation counseling students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #1 spot in our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Full UT Rio Grande Valley Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at University of Arizona

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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