2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Occupational Therapy is the 84th most popular major in the country with 9,219 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New Jersey, there were 117 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 117 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great occupational therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in New Jersey

#1

Stockton University

Galloway, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$21,545 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stockton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k list. Galloway, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Stockton State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stockton University are $21,545.

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#2

Kean University

Union, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$22,318 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k. Kean is a fairly large public school situated in Union, New Jersey. It awarded 34 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Kean also took the #3 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kean are $22,318.

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#3

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$25,172 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seton Hall University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $0-$30k. South Orange, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Seton Hall are $25,172.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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