Occupational Therapy at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

NYU Occupational Therapy Rankings

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. NYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	27
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Art Therapy
• 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Occupational Therapists	9,740	$88,370

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.