2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Georgia (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” 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 Georgia, there were 208 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 207 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Georgia (With Aid)

#1

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$20,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the #1 spot on the list. Augusta University is a public institution located in Augusta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 88 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Augusta University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Augusta University are $20,712.

Full Augusta University Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Brenau University

Gainesville, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$13,706 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Gainesville, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 87 degrees to qualified masters’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Brenau also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brenau University are $13,706, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Brenau University

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 32 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Georgia State University Occupational Therapy Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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