Occupational Therapist Assistant at Polk State College

If you plan to study occupational therapist assistant, take a look at what Polk State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Polk State is located in Winter Haven, Florida and approximately 9,961 students attend the school each year.

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

Polk State Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

Polk State Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at Polk State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapist assistant majors at Polk State College.

Polk State Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

77% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in occupational therapist assistant only graduates about 12% men each year. The program at Polk State may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

Polk State does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in occupational therapist assistant graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Polk State College with a associate's in occupational therapist assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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Careers That Occupational Therapist Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational therapist assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Polk State College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Occupational Therapy Assistants	2,970	$61,340

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*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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