Rehabilitation Counseling

Master's Degree Program

Graduate opportunities

In the Rehabilitation Counseling program at the University of North Texas, our graduates enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities and strengthen communities. They are prepared as professionals by learning evidence-based practices and by engaging in collaborative research.

The Department of Disability and Addiction Rehabilitation provides course work leading to a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. The courses are offered online or in face-to-face formats to accommodate personal and work obligations or your particular learning style. Our goal is to provide you the best educational experience possible in a strong student- centered environment.

While you are earning your degree, we also help prepare you for national certification as a rehabilitation counselor or in biofeedback and state licensing as a professional counselor or chemical dependency counselor.

Outstanding support

You will receive intensive supervision and mentoring from our faculty members as well as other experts in the field who serve as adjunct instructors. The academic course work is integrated with service learning through an on-campus disability Wellness and Employment Learning Laboratory (UNT WELL). The laboratory uses cutting-edge research to give you research and clinical experience in rehabilitation services.

Our faculty members are involved in a wide variety of research projects. Current research projects focus on:

• Applications of quantitative EEG and brainwave biofeedback techniques for the treatment of mental and physical disorders and addictions
• Employment and disability substance abuse prevention
• Ethnic and cultural populations
• Models of supported employment and community integration
• Service delivery within the state vocational rehabilitation system
• The impact of resilience on health outcomes

Our graduate program is ranked No. 13 nationally and No. 1 in Texas according to U.S. News and World Report. We are also accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (1699 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite 300; Schaumburg, Ill. 60173; telephone 847-944-1345).

Attending UNT

Admission requirements

You must meet the admission requirements for the Toulouse Graduate School and our program. The graduate school requirements are outlined at gradschool.unt.edu. The program admission process includes:

• Completed departmental graduate program application, including a personal statement
• Ré´sumé´ showing a minimum of one year of full- time employment
• Two reference letters (one from a former instructor, the other from a former employer)
• GRE scores on the verbal and quantitative portions (International students whose native language is not English may substitute UNT’s Graduate Preparation Course for their GRE score.)
• Personal interview with graduate faculty members

Degree requirements

The M.S. degree program consists of 48 credit hours of combined academic course work and practical experience. You may complete the thesis or nonthesis option. The required course work examines areas such as counseling, case management and the vocational rehabilitation process. Detailed information about course offerings is at www.unt.edu/catalog.

Financial assistance

We have several stipends available if you are currently working with, or are planning to work with, the state-federal vocational rehabilitation system. These stipends are funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration and are awarded on a competitive basis.

Several graduate assistant positions are also available each year to assist with faculty research projects. Half-time assistantships carry medical insurance benefits. Out-of-state and international students who receive half-time assistantships also become eligible to pay in-state tuition rates.

Additional financial assistance is provided through scholarships, first-year fellowships and McNair Fellowships. Information about these financial assistance programs is available from the department or by visiting gradschool.unt.edu or financialaid.unt.edu.