2025 Best Occupational Therapy Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you pursue a doctor's degree in occupational therapy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #15 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for occupational therapy students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 38 doctor's degrees in occupational therapy to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to occupational therapy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other occupational therapy students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 therapy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for occupational therapy students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Occupational Therapy in Wisconsin

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in occupational therapy.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy

1

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Concordia University, Wisconsin is a good choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in occupational therapy. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Mequon.More information about a doctorate in occupational therapy from Concordia University, Wisconsin

2

Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in occupational therapy needs to take a look at Mount Mary University. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Mount Mary is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in occupational therapy from Mount Mary University

Best Occupational Therapy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Occupational Therapy Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	70
Ohio	253	99
Indiana	202	112

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Occupational Therapy Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Occupational Therapy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Occupational Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy/Therapist	278
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling	3
Art Therapy	1
Rehabilitation Science	1

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.