Occupational Therapy at Stony Brook University

What traits are you looking for in a occupational therapy school? To help you decide if Stony Brook University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's occupational therapy program.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and approximately 26,782 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.

SUNY Stony Brook Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

SUNY Stony Brook Occupational Therapy Rankings

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook 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. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation Science
• 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 Stony Brook 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 Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.