2025 Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
21
Colleges in the Southwest Region
509
Associate Degrees
Ranked #32 in popularity,
occupational therapist assistant is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 21 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of occupational therapist assistant. Combined, these schools handed out 509 associate degrees in occupational therapist assistant to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
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 various 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 colleges for occupational therapist assistant students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools
The occupational therapist assistant 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 Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.