2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 1,739 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree occupational therapy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Coahoma Community College

Clarksdale, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$2,313 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coahoma Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it awarded 2 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Coahoma Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Coahoma Community College is $2,313 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Coahoma Community College

#2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,997 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Perkinston, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s occupational therapy degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree occupational therapy students whose families make $48-$75k list, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,997 for southeast region associate degree occupational therapy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k)

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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