2024 Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Michigan
7Colleges in Michigan
498Occupational Therapy Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #83 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 498 degrees in occupational therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The occupational therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Occupational Therapy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for occupational therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Michigan.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the occupational therapy degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in occupational therapy. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #335 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 177 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in occupational therapy has to check out Grand Valley State University. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Allendale. A Best Colleges rank of #399 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were about 57 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Wayne State University if you want to pursue a degree in occupational therapy. Wayne State is a very large public university located in the city of Detroit. A Best Colleges rank of #381 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Wayne State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Eastern Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in occupational therapy. Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti. This university ranks 20th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 60 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of University Center, Saginaw Valley State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 25th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 60 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Saginaw Valley State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 44th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 80 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Baker College in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 24th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 28 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Davenport University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The occupational therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Occupational Therapy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for occupational therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
