2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in District of Columbia

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 62 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in District of Columbia

1

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Trinity Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Trinity College

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Howard University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 28 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full Howard University Occupational Therapy Report

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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.