2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Occupational Therapy is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 10,592 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,983 occupational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 occupational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in occupational therapy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their occupational therapy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The occupational therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in the Southeast Region

1

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coahoma Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it awarded 0 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Coahoma Community College

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 0 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

2

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

Top 5% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Adventist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegedale, Tennessee. It awarded 0 associates’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at Southern Adventist University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.