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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 93 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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

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

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

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#2

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k. St Catherine University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 39 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also took the #3 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Kate’s are $17,400.

Full St. Kate’s Occupational Therapy Report

#3

The College of Saint Scholastica

Duluth, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$15,502 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Scholastica. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k list. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

St. Scholastica not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The College of Saint Scholastica are $15,502, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at St. Scholastica

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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