2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Occupational Therapy is the 84th most popular major in the country with 9,219 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 872 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality occupational therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Worcester State University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#4 in overall quality

$16,011 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Worcester State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Worcester State University is $16,011 for new england region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$14,593 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Salem State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $14,593 for new england region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Salem State University.

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#3

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$17,747 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $17,747 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNH.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Occupational Therapy Report

#4

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$19,586 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #4 spot on the list. Springfield College is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

Springfield College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Springfield College is $19,586 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Springfield College Occupational Therapy Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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