Occupational Therapy at Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University is located in Oakland, California and approximately 2,050 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.

Samuel Merritt University Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

Samuel Merritt University Occupational Therapy Rankings

There were 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. Samuel Merritt University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Samuel Merritt 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	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CA, the home state for Samuel Merritt University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Therapists	9,580	$95,160

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.