by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling is the 422nd most popular major in the country with 1,046 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 121 vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor. That schools that top this list have a program in vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vocational rehabilitation counseling students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Langston University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Langston, Oklahoma, and it awarded 22 masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Langston University Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 48 masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Rio Grande Valley Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of North Texas Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Report
The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at UTEP
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