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The need for substance use counselors is on the rise. The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley’s School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling first fully online undergraduate major at UTRGV – all major courses are available online – will help you meet the qualifications to become an addiction professional.
This program leads to a profession which requires an occupational license as defined under Texas Occupations Code 58.001. This requires that all applicants seeking to become licensed must undergo a criminal background check prior to licensure.
A Bachelor of Science in Addiction Studies degree program within the School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling has stated a mission of preparing students to become addiction counseling specialists. Graduates will enter the field of substance abuse prevention and treatment and assist individuals to overcome their addictions and healthy lives, independent lives.
Learn from the comfort of your own home. All course work is assigned through an online portal. There is no need to attend classes on campus.
Enter into a field that will give you a sense of achievement .
Many of our professors are practitioners and experts in their field.
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Washington Monthly Rankings
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for the performance of our first-generation students.
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for the performance of our Pell Grant students.
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among "Best Bang for the Buck" universities in the South.
Only two Texas public universities, UT Austin and Texas A&M, ranked higher.
1st
among all Texas universities for social mobility.
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BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS
BestColleges.com ranked UTRGV as the 4th best university in Texas, behind only UT Austin, Rice, and Texas A&M. Our online master’s degree in Social Work is ranked 2nd in the country, behind Boston University and ahead of Columbia, Southern California, and Case Western.
UT Austin (82.32 points)
Texas A&M (73.71 points)
RICE (79.18 Points)
UTRGV (73.63 Points)
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