If you plan on majoring in vocational rehabilitation counseling, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #422 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for vocational rehabilitation counseling students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 60 degrees in vocational rehabilitation counseling to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling School
The vocational rehabilitation counseling program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling rankings. We derive our Best Overall Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Degree Level
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 the Best Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of vocational rehabilitation counseling degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
It's difficult to beat University of Scranton if you want to pursue a degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 7 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with this degree at University of Scranton in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling has to check out University at Buffalo. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. A Best Colleges rank of #171 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University at Buffalo is a great university overall.
There were about 26 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
George Washington University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in vocational rehabilitation counseling needs to look into Hunter College. Hunter is a fairly large public college located in the city of New York. This college ranks 30th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 2 vocational rehabilitation counseling students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent data year.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Related Rankings by Major
One of 16 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).