2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Tennessee, there were 191 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational therapy/therapist programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in Tennessee

#1

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$20,860 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee State University are $20,860, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Tennessee State University

#2

Milligan University

Milligan College, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$9,555 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Milligan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k. Milligan University is located in Milligan College, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 masters’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

Milligan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Milligan are $9,555, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Milligan University

#3

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$24,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k list. Belmont University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 36 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Belmont also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Belmont are $24,260.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Belmont University

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