Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Rehabilitation Counseling Education

The Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling Education (RCEP) at the Illinois Institute of Technology was initiated in 1995. The purpose of this program is to prepare leaders in the field of rehabilitation counseling at the highest level of training. Illinois Institute of Technology faculty view rehabilitation counseling as a specialized area of professional counseling practice in which the major goal is to assist a person with a disability or chronic illness move to psychological and economic independence. Students graduating from the RCEP will be well-equipped as educators, counselors, supervisors, researchers and leaders in the counseling field. Graduates of the RCEP are positioned to obtain excellent jobs in academia and a variety of professional counseling and human service settings. You will develop your teaching skills through curriculum development, course instruction, and clinical supervision of master's students in our distinguished program. Such training begins in the first year working with faculty on their projects and continues up to conducting your own research.