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

6 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 145 vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TTUHSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are $19,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling students in 2019-2020.

UT Southwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are $17,725, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees to qualified students.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vocational rehabilitation counseling students list, UNT has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Langston University

Langston, Oklahoma
#6 in overall quality

Langston University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Langston University is a public institution located in Langston, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Langston University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Langston University are $9,964, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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