2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland 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 Maryland, there were 87 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland occupational therapy students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Maryland (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 in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 7 ’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

CCBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend CCBC is $8,242 for Maryland Occupational Therapy students with aid.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Community College of Baltimore County

#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$18,233 Average Net Price

$43,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Towson University is a large school located in Towson, Maryland that handed out 80 ’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland occupational therapy students with aid list, Towson has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $18,233 for maryland occupational therapy students with aid per year to attend Towson University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Towson University

• Best Value Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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