Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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.

VCU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? VCU offers distance education options for vocational rehabilitation counseling at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

VCU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Rankings

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the vocational rehabilitation counseling majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s Program

75% Women

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of vocational rehabilitation counseling master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in vocational rehabilitation counseling each year. VCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a vocational rehabilitation counseling master's degree from VCU, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Rehabilitation Counselors	3,080	$43,840

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
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