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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 229 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great occupational therapy/therapist programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$29,544 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. James Madison University is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our virginia master’s degree occupational therapy students with aid list, JMU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JMU are $29,544, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$21,382 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Radford University landed the #2 spot on the list. Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 masters’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

Radford also took the #2 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Radford are $21,382, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Radford

#3

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$23,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Winchester, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

Shenandoah also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah are $23,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Shenandoah

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• 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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