Occupational Therapy at James Madison University

If you are interested in studying occupational therapy, you may want to check out the program at James Madison University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year.

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.

JMU Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

JMU Occupational Therapy Rankings

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. JMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from JMU, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Occupational Therapists	3,070	$93,010

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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.