2022 Best Value Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 9,219 people earned their degree in occupational therapy/therapist, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 532 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great occupational therapy/therapist programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s occupational therapy degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $2,993 for Southwest Region Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. OCCC is a fairly large school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 10 ’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
OCCC also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $5,889 for Southwest Region Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Oklahoma City Community College.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas Woman’s University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 136 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TWU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,706 for southwest region occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Woman’s University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 4 ’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
South Plains College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,211 for southwest region occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Plains College.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 24 ’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,092 for southwest region occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Northern Arizona University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 ’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
NAU also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $9,251 for Southwest Region Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.
Northeastern State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NSU is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.
NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern State University is $7,614 for southwest region occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.
Read more about Occupational Therapy at Northeastern State University
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $13,242 for southwest region occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.
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Abilene Christian University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Abilene Christian University is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 ’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
Abilene Christian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Abilene Christian University is $24,153 for southwest region occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Baylor University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 9 ’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor also took the #5 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,726 for Southwest Region Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baylor.
The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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