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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,739 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southeast Region

#1

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$14,149 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 74 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Eastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students per year to attend Eastern.

Full Eastern Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Louisiana College

Pineville, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$12,684 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pineville, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana College is $12,684 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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