Occupational Therapy at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887.

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.

WMU Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

WMU Occupational Therapy Rankings

The occupational therapy major at WMU 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 WMU

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

WMU Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of occupational therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy at WMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WMU Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from WMU, 92% 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 Western Michigan University with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering
• Music Therapy

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Occupational Therapists	4,580	$77,940

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.