2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 236 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered 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.
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 a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree occupational therapy students.
Top 11 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
A-State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Belmont University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Belmont University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 34 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Belmont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belmont are $24,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brenau University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Brenau not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brenau are $13,706.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.
NUS Florida did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Radford University is a fairly large school located in Radford, Virginia that handed out 8 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Radford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Radford University are $21,382, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Mary Baldwin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Staunton, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Mary Baldwin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mary Baldwin University are $13,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Chattanooga, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Chattanooga are $18,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Eastern Kentucky University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern are $14,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #8, Barry University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 2 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Barry University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Barry University are $17,910, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 5 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
UNC Chapel Hill also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248.
With a ranking of #10, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 40 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree occupational therapy students list, VCU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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