Occupational Therapist Assistant at LaGuardia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a occupational therapist assistant school? To help you decide if LaGuardia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's occupational therapist assistant program.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Occupational Therapist Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

LaGuardia Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

LaGuardia Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapist assistant majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in occupational therapist assistant only graduates about 12% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in occupational therapist assistant graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in occupational therapist assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Physical Therapy Assistant

Careers That Occupational Therapist Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational therapist assistant 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 LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Occupational Therapy Assistants	2,360	$60,890

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.