2025 Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Occupational Therapist Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #32 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for occupational therapist assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 associate degrees in occupational therapist assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Occupational Therapist Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of occupational therapist assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality occupational therapist assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on occupational therapist assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of occupational therapist assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized occupational therapist assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for occupational therapist assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Occupational Therapist Assistant in Louisiana

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for occupational therapist assistant students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Louisiana Schools for an Associate in Occupational Therapist Assistant

1

Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Bossier Parish Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. Located in the small city of Bossier City, Bossier Parish Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Bossier Parish Community College

2

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Delgado Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Delgado Community College

3

University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Louisiana at Monroe if you wish to pursue an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. ULM is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Monroe.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from University of Louisiana at Monroe

Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	55
Florida	232	428
North Carolina	231	130
Georgia	217	72
West Virginia	180	23
Tennessee	170	149
Arkansas	161	94
Virginia	158	174
Kentucky	129	44
Alabama	109	56
South Carolina	105	72

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Related Rankings by Major

Occupational Therapist Assistant is one of 14 different types of Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	72
Medical/Clinical Assistant	45
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	16

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.