2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,334 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree occupational therapy students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Community College of Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$8,242 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Baltimore County. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s occupational therapy degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree occupational therapy students with aid list, CCBC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $8,242 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students with aid per year to attend CCBC.

Full Community College of Baltimore County Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$25,162 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Jefferson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 38 degrees to qualified associates’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $25,162 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Occupational Therapy students with aid per year to attend Thomas Jefferson University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Thomas Jefferson University Occupational Therapy Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (With Aid)

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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