Accreditation
The Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling master’s program and Rehabilitation Counselor Education PhD program at University of Wisconsin–Madison are currently accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) as a rehabilitation counseling program. The program curricula are aligned with all CACREP accreditation standards.
Graduates of the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program also meet the educational requirements to apply to the state of Wisconsin for the Licensed Professional Counselor-In Training (LPC-IT) license.
PhD Program Outcomes
During the 2024-2025 academic year*:
- 17 students were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education doctoral program.
- 4 students graduated from the program with 100% of students finding employment within 6 months of graduation.
- 100% of enrolled students received funding at .50 FTE as teaching assistants or projects assistants (or comparable fellowship) and tuition remission during the academic year
- 100% of students passed their preliminary exams
*Includes summer 2024, fall 2024, and spring 2025
The overall degree completion rate for the Rehabilitation Counselor Education PhD program for students who started the program between 2014-2022 is 83%.
- 16 students were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education doctoral program.
- 4 students graduated from the program with 100% of students finding employment within 6 months of graduation.
- 100% of enrolled students received funding at .50 FTE as teaching assistants or projects assistants (or comparable fellowship) and tuition remission during the academic year
- 88% of students passed their preliminary exams
*Includes summer 2023, fall 2023, and spring 2024
The overall degree completion rate for the Rehabilitation Counselor Education PhD program for students who started the program between 2011-2019 is 85%.
- 17 students were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education doctoral program.
- 5 students graduated from the program.
- 100% of enrolled students received funding at .50 FTE as teaching assistants or projects assistants (or comparable fellowship) and tuition remission during the academic year
- 100% of students passed their preliminary exams
*Includes summer 2022, fall 2022, and spring 2023
- 18 students were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education doctoral program (Ph.D.).
- 2 students graduated from the program. 100% were employed at or within six months of graduation
- 100% of enrolled students received funding at .50 FTE as teaching assistants or projects assistants (or comparable fellowship) and tuition remission during the academic year
- 88.9% of students passed their preliminary exams
*Includes fall 2021, spring 2022, and summer 2022
- 18 students were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education doctoral program (Ph.D.).
- 7 students graduated from the program. 100% were employed at or within six months of graduation
- 100% of enrolled students received funding at .50 FTE as teaching assistants or projects assistants (or comparable fellowship) and tuition remission during the academic year
- 100% of students passed their preliminary exams
*Includes fall 2020, spring 2021, and summer 2021
- 16 students were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education doctoral program (Ph.D.).
- 2 students graduated from the program. 100% were employed at or within six months of graduation.
- 100% of students received funding at .50 FTE as teaching assistants or projects assistants (or comparable fellowship) and tuition remission during the academic year
- 100% of students passed their preliminary exams
*Includes fall 2019, spring 2020, and summer 2020
Master’s Program Outcomes
During the 2024-2025 academic year*:
- 38 students were enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program.
- 18 students graduated from the program for a 86% completion rate for the 2023-2025 cohort.
- 4 students received funding in their master’s program through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant.
- 89% of students passed their clinical coursework.
- 75% of students who took the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) exam passed.
*Includes summer 2024, fall 2024, and spring 2025
- 44 students were enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program.
- 23 students graduated from the program for a 100% completion rate for the 2022-2024 cohort.
- 10 students received funding in their master’s program through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant.
- 100% of students passed their clinical coursework.
- 76% of students who took the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) exam passed.
*Includes summer 2023, fall 2023, and spring 2024
- 41 students were enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program.
- 18 students graduated from the program.
- 10 students received funding in their master’s program through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant.
- 100% of students passed their clinical coursework.
- 59% of students passed the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) exam.
*Includes summer 2022, fall 2022, and spring 2023
- 40 students were enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program.
- 21 students graduated from the program.
- 10 students received funding in their master’s program through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant.
- 100% of students passed their clinical coursework.
- 93% of students passed the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) exam.
*Includes summer 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022
- 30 students were enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program.
- 12 students graduated from the program.
- 10 students received funding in their master’s program through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant.
- 100% of students passed their clinical coursework.
- 92% of students passed the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) exam.
*Includes summer 2020, fall 2020, and spring 2021
- 26 students were enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program.
- 10 students graduated from the program.
- 15 students received funding in their master’s program through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant.
- 100% of students passed their clinical coursework.
- 75% of students passed the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) exam.
Demographic Data
Below is the demographic data for the UW–Madison Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program cohorts.
|
2020-2022 |
2021-2023 |
2022-2024 | |
|
Total Enrolled |
16 |
17 |
23 |
|
Women Men |
11 (68.8%) 5 (31.2%) |
15 (88.2%) 2 (11.8%) | 18 (78.2%)
5 (21.8%) |
|
Domestic International |
15 (93.8%) 1 (6.2%) |
12 (70.6%) 5 (29.4%) |
13 (56.5%) 10 (43.5%) |
|
Has Disability Does Not Have Disability |
3 (18.7%) 13 (81.3%) |
3 (17.6%) 14 (82.4%) | 3 (13.0%)
20 (87.0%) |
|
European-American/White African-American/Black Asian/Asian-American Latino/a Other |
11 (68.8%) 0 (0%) 3 (18.7%) 2 (12.5%) — |
9 (53.0%) 0 (0%) 4 (23.5%) 4 (23.5%) — | 13 (56.5%)
1 (4.3%) 8 (34.8%) 0 (0%) 1 (4.3%) |