2025 Best Occupational Therapy Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
122Occupational Therapy Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #83 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Occupational Therapy Schools in New Jersey ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 122 degrees in occupational therapy to qualified students.
Your choice of occupational therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for occupational therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best Occupational Therapy Schools in New Jersey.
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Best Schools for Occupational Therapy in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the occupational therapy degree levels they offer.
Seton Hall University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in occupational therapy. Located in the suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #283 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Seton Hall is a great university overall.
There were about 60 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent data year.
Kean University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in occupational therapy. Kean is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Union. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 36 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
Stockton University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in occupational therapy. Located in the rural area of Galloway, Stockton State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 19th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 26 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Stockton State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of occupational therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for occupational therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
