2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Tennessee

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Tennessee, there were 191 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$18,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. This fairly large school is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it awarded 24 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Chattanooga did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Chattanooga are $18,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$24,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 34 degrees to qualified doctorate’s occupational therapy students 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 Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belmont are $24,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Belmont

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’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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