2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,219 people earned their degree in occupational therapy/therapist, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,739 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality occupational therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$14,004 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 74 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,004 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Eastern.

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#2

Louisiana College

Pineville, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$12,587 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Louisiana College is a small school located in Pineville, Louisiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana College also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,587 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Louisiana College.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k)

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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