Occupational Therapy at San Jose State University

Every occupational therapy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the occupational therapy program at San Jose State University stacks up to those at other schools.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 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.

San Jose State Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

San Jose State Occupational Therapy Rankings

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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 CA, the home state for San Jose State 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.