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2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate

7 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$9,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 67 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The occupational therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy

#1

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,600 for Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at South Plains College

#2

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s occupational therapy degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

OCCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,842 for Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students per year to attend Oklahoma City Community College.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Oklahoma City Community College

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,503 for Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students per year to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Baltimore County. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 7 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

CCBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend CCBC is $8,242 for Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at CCBC

#5

Coahoma Community College

Clarksdale, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coahoma Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate. Coahoma Community College is a small public school situated in Clarksdale, Mississippi. It awarded 2 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Coahoma Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Coahoma Community College is $1,004 for Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Coahoma Community College

#6

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana
#7 in overall quality

Vincennes University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Vincennes University is a fairly large public school situated in Vincennes, Indiana. It awarded 1 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Vincennes University is $10,845 for associate degree occupational therapy students.

Full Vincennes University Occupational Therapy Report

#7

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Thomas Jefferson University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 38 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Thomas Jefferson University is $25,162 for associate degree occupational therapy students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Thomas Jefferson University

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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