Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) Examination — exam facts
United States (national certification)
Every source below was read on 2026-09-25
| Administering body | Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) — exam delivered by Pearson VUE The exam is given three times a year, at a Pearson test center or by OnVUE live online proctoring. It follows CRCC's 2021 Job Task Analysis blueprint (effective March 2022), twelve knowledge domains as a share of questions: Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice 10.7%, Counseling Theories, Techniques, and Evidence-Based Practices 11.3%, Group and Family Counseling 4.7%, Crisis and Trauma Counseling and Interventions 6.0%, Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability 9.3%, Assessment/Evaluation, Occupational Analysis, and Service Implementation 10.7%, Career Development and Job Placement 9.3%, Business Engagement 7.6%, Community Resources and Partnerships 8.0%, Case Management 10.0%, Health Care and Disability Management 7.3%, Research, Methodology, and Performance Management 5.3%. Source: CRCC — CRC Exam Overview (2026-09-25) |
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| Questions | 175 questions (150 scored, 25 unscored pretest) All questions are multiple choice, in two sections — Rehabilitation and Disability, and Counseling — taken without a break. CRCC's 2021 job task analysis puts 72 scored items in the Counseling section and 78 in the Rehabilitation and Disabilities section. Once a section is submitted you cannot return to it. Source: CRCC — CRC Exam Overview (2026-09-25) |
| Time limit | 210 minutes 210 minutes for the questions; CRCC advises setting aside four hours in total for check-in, the tutorial and a short post-exam survey. Source: CRCC — CRC Exam Overview (2026-09-25) |
| Passing score | Not published by CRCC CRCC uses conjunctive scoring: the Counseling section and the Rehabilitation and Disability section each have their own cut score, and you must pass both in the same administration. CRCC does not publish either cut score. What we read and found nothing in: CRCC — CRC Exam Overview (2026-09-25) · CRCC — 2021 Job Task Analysis (JTA) Evidence-Based Research Study (PDF) (2026-09-25) · CRCC — Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) Certification Guide (updated July 1, 2026, PDF) (2026-09-25) · CRCC — CRC Knowledge Domains, Competencies and Tasks, 2021 JTA Evidence-based Research Study (Effective March 2022, PDF) (2026-09-25) |
| Fees |
CRCC states all fees are subject to change, non-refundable and payable in U.S. dollars. Applicants found ineligible to sit for the exam receive a $75 refund. Source: CRCC — Get Certified (CRC eligibility, fees and exam dates) (2026-09-25) |
| Languages offered | Not published by CRCC CRCC's exam overview, Get Certified page and certification guide do not state which languages the exam is offered in. CRCC lets candidates whose first language is not English bring a hard-copy, word-to-word translation dictionary. What we read and found nothing in: CRCC — CRC Exam Overview (2026-09-25) · CRCC — Get Certified (CRC eligibility, fees and exam dates) (2026-09-25) · CRCC — Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) Certification Guide (updated July 1, 2026, PDF) (2026-09-25) |
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- 2026-09-25Fact sheet created from CRCC's CRC Exam Overview and Get Certified pages, the CRC Certification Guide (updated July 1, 2026) and CRCC's 2021 Job Task Analysis. The two section cut scores are recorded as not published.