Occupational Therapy at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 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.

U of U Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

U of U Occupational Therapy Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. U of U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from U of U, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Occupational Therapists	900	$85,300

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.