2023 Most Focused Colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in Massachusetts

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In 2020-2021, 1,046 people earned their degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor, making the major the 422nd most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 22 vocational rehabilitation counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Schools Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts vocational rehabilitation counseling students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in Massachusetts

1

Assumption University
Worcester, Massachusetts

$42,838 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,000 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Assumption University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in Massachusetts list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

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Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts

$45,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,219 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #2 spot on the list. Springfield College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 ’s vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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