2025 Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Missouri
4Colleges in Missouri
361Occupational 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Occupational Therapy Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 361 degrees in occupational therapy annually.
Your choice of occupational therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
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 Missouri.
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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.
Saint Louis University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in occupational therapy. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #243 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SLU is a great university overall.
There were about 114 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available.
Maryville University of Saint Louis is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in occupational therapy. Maryville U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. This university ranks 7th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 35 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent data year.
Missouri State University - Springfield is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in occupational therapy. Missouri State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. This university ranks 10th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 27 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Cox College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in occupational therapy. Cox College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Springfield.
There were about 30 occupational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Cox College in the most recent data year.
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. 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.
