2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Kentucky

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Occupational Therapy is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,958 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Kentucky, there were 256 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,257 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their occupational therapy/therapist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in Kentucky

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

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Kentucky

1

Spalding University
Louisville, Kentucky

#9 overall quality in Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spalding University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in Kentucky list. This small school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Spalding University Occupational Therapy Report

2

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky

#11 overall quality in Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in Kentucky. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 16 doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Eastern

3

Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky

#6 overall quality in Kentucky

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northern Kentucky University is a public institution located in Highland Heights, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Northern Kentucky University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.