2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 10,592 people earned their degree in occupational therapy, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 66 occupational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 occupational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $158,260 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in District of Columbia

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Howard University

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Occupational Therapy Major in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s occupational therapy degrees to 5 students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Occupational Therapy at GWU

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.