2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Mississippi” ranking.

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

Across Mississippi, there were 46 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 $29,964 and $13,187 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Mississippi

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$8,503 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Mississippi list. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for mississippi associate degree occupational therapy students.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

#2

Coahoma Community College

Clarksdale, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$1,004 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Coahoma Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Coahoma Community College is a public institution located in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Coahoma Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. It costs about $1,004 for Mississippi Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students per year to attend Coahoma Community College.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Coahoma Community College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy

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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