2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 9,958 people earned their degree in occupational therapy/therapist, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 604 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Occupational Therapy Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. To top this list, a school must have a successful occupational therapy/therapist program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Occupational Therapy Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree occupational therapy students.

Top 3 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southwest Region

1

South Plains College
Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Occupational Therapy Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 3 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at South Plains College

2

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Occupational Therapy Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western New Mexico University is a public institution located in Silver City, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western New Mexico University Occupational Therapy Report

3

Amarillo College
Amarillo, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Occupational Therapy Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Amarillo, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s occupational therapy students in 2020-2021.

Full Amarillo College Occupational Therapy Report

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy

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

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