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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Texas For Those Getting Aid” 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 Texas, there were 362 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 336 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 Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Texas (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#5 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.

Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Occupational Therapy Report

#2

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s occupational therapy degrees to 128 students in 2019-2020.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at TWU

#3

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#6 in overall quality

$16,180 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at The University of Texas at El Paso

#4

Abilene Christian University

Abilene, Texas

#7 in overall quality

$23,238 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Abilene Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. Abilene Christian is a medium-sized school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 29 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Abilene Christian are $23,238.

Full Abilene Christian Occupational Therapy Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southwest 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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