Ranked #146 in popularity, occupational therapist assistant is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 192 degrees in occupational therapist assistant annually.
Choosing a Great Occupational Therapist Assistant School
Your choice of occupational therapist assistant 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 therapist assistant 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.
Pick Your Occupational Therapist Assistant Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Occupational Therapist Assistant 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 therapist assistant degree levels they offer.
Top New Jersey Schools in Occupational Therapist Assistant
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in occupational therapist assistant. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 occupational therapist assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
Raritan Valley Community College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in occupational therapist assistant. RVCC is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Branchburg. This college ranks 27th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 17 occupational therapist assistant students who graduated with this degree at RVCC in the most recent year we have data available.
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Any student pursuing a degree in occupational therapist assistant needs to take a look at Felician University. Located in the large suburb of Lodi, Felician is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 20th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.More information about a degree in occupational therapist assistant from Felician University
Eastwick College - Ramsey is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in occupational therapist assistant. Eastwick College - Ramsey is a small private for-profit college located in the large suburb of Ramsey.
There were roughly 138 occupational therapist assistant students who graduated with this degree at Eastwick College - Ramsey 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).