2024 Best Occupational Therapy Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
123Occupational 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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of occupational therapy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 degrees in occupational therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of occupational therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 New Jersey.
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Best Schools for Occupational Therapy in New Jersey
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.
Seton Hall University is a good option for students interested in a degree in occupational therapy. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #404 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Seton Hall is a great university overall.
There were about 56 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent year we have data available.
Stockton University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in occupational therapy. Located in the midsize suburb of Galloway, Stockton State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 31 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Stockton State in the most recent year we have data available.
Kean University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in occupational therapy. Kean is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Union. This university ranks 22nd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 36 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Kean 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).