Occupational Therapy at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 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.

UWM Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

UWM Occupational Therapy Rankings

The occupational therapy major at UWM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Occupational Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of occupational therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical occupational therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at UWM since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy at UWM are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its occupational therapy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UWM Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from UWM, 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Health Specialties Professors	5,200	$76,800
Occupational Therapists	3,420	$73,390

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.