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Rehabilitation Counselor Education

Financial Aid

Scholarships from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), U.S. Department of Education have been awarded to most students in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education program. Notice of funding is usually sent to all admitted students in July of each year. Pending continued support, partial tuition scholarship funding is offered for both years of training. Not all admitted students are funded; generally 12 to 15 new students each year receive some type of RSA scholarship support.

To receive federal support through RSA, the recipient must commit to work for a state VRD agency or an agency (post-graduation) that provides services to persons who have disabilities and is a vendor to VRD. This means that for every year of scholarship support, RSA requires the recipient to work two years as a professional in the rehabilitation counseling field. This time must be completed within six years after graduation and within the United States. Click here for the complete federal policy governing the scholarship program.

Under a special program called WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education), students from the following states who are accepted into the Rehabilitation Counseling with the Deaf (RCD) option are allowed to waive out-of-state costs and pay in-state tuition: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

For further financial assistance information, contact the WOU Financial Aid Office.

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