2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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” 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” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the New England Region

#1

Worcester State University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#4 in overall quality

$19,492 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 list. Worcester State is a medium-sized public school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 23 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Worcester State also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $19,492 for new england region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students per year to attend Worcester State University.

Full Worcester State Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$18,399 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 list. Salem State is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Massachusetts that handed out 11 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Salem State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Salem State University is $18,399 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Salem State University

#3

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$24,067 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 list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $24,067 for new england region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students per year to attend UNH.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at UNH

#4

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$30,134 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #4 spot on the list. Springfield College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Springfield College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Springfield College is $30,134 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students.

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

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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