by our College Data Analytics TeamOccupational Therapy is a concentration offered under the rehabilitation and therapeutic professions major at Samuel Merritt University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in occupational therapy, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Samuel Merritt University was $1,465 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $52,896 | $52,896 |
| Fees | $572 | $572 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the occupational therapy doctor’s degree program at Samuel Merritt University. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Samuel Merritt University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.0% of the occupational therapy students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 89.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in occupational therapy at Samuel Merritt University in 2019-2020, 61.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to occupational therapy/therapist.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 70 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.