by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Occupational Therapy is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,958 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,505 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 364 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. That schools that top this list have a program in occupational therapy/therapist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The occupational therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keuka College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Keuka College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Keuka Park, New York. It awarded 45 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican College of Blauvelt. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Dominican College is a small school located in Orangeburg, New York that handed out 34 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Francis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Saint Francis University is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, D’Youville College landed the #4 spot on the list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ithaca College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Wesley College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Dover, Delaware, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
LIU Post ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Duquesne University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Towson University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University at Buffalo came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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York College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Jamaica, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Scranton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #11. University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Thomas Jefferson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #11. This medium-sized school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 164 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Howard University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Howard is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 35 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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