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2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

6 Ranked Colleges
192 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master's in Missouri

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 291 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational therapy/therapist programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 a Master’s in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree occupational therapy students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Missouri

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 23 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042.

Full Missouri State University - Springfield Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 36 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U also took the #3 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696.

Full Maryville University of Saint Louis Occupational Therapy Report

#3

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rockhurst University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Rockhurst University is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

Rockhurst also took the #4 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rockhurst are $16,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rockhurst University Occupational Therapy Report

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

SLU also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at SLU

#5

Cox College

Springfield, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Cox College landed the #5 spot on the list. Cox College is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 25 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Cox College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cox College are $12,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Cox College

#2 in overall quality

A T Still University of Health Sciences came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Missouri ranking. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small school located in Kirksville, Missouri that handed out 38 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

A T Still University of Health Sciences not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at A T Still University of Health Sciences are $37,486, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at A T Still University of Health Sciences

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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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