Occupational Therapy at Howard University

If you plan to study occupational therapy, take a look at what Howard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Occupational Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

Howard Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

Howard Occupational Therapy Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #53 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Howard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapy majors at Howard University.

Howard Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. Howard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 74% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard University with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Physical Therapy/Therapist

Careers That Occupational Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Occupational Therapists	380	$94,360

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.