by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Occupational Therapy is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,958 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 1,046 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 New England 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 New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American International College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Springfield College is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region. Worcester State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 24 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Worcester State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 39 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Salem State University is a public institution located in Salem, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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