by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 10,592 people earned their degree in occupational therapy, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,659 occupational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 299 occupational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in occupational therapy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in occupational therapy.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keuka College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Keuka Park, New York, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican College of Blauvelt landed the #2 spot on the list. Dominican College of Blauvelt is located in Orangeburg, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Francis University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Saint Francis is a small school located in Loretto, Pennsylvania that handed out 33 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, D’Youville College landed the #4 spot on the list. D’Youville College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Therapy at D’Youville College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ithaca College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Ithaca College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 47 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, LIU Post did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIU Post is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookville, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Duquesne University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 27 bachelors’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%.
Towson University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Towson, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 91 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, University at Buffalo did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
York College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. York College is located in Jamaica, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Scranton did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Thomas Jefferson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #11. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Occupational Therapy at Thomas Jefferson University
Howard University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Howard is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 39 bachelors’s occupational therapy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Howard University
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