2025 Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
185Occupational Therapy Degrees Awarded
Ranked #83 in popularity, occupational therapy is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of occupational therapy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 185 degrees in occupational therapy annually.
The occupational therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Occupational Therapy rankings. We derive our Best Overall Occupational Therapy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Occupational Therapy Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Occupational Therapy in the Rocky Mountains Region
The schools below may not offer all types of occupational therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Occupational Therapy
Every student who is interested in occupational therapy has to take a look at University of Utah. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. This university ranks 2nd out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 41 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you want to pursue a degree in occupational therapy. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were about 50 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Idaho State University if you wish to pursue a degree in occupational therapy. ISU is a large public university located in the small city of Pocatello. This university ranks 4th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 33 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at ISU 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).
The occupational therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Occupational Therapy rankings. We derive our Best Overall Occupational Therapy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
