Occupational Therapy at Eastern Michigan University

If you plan to study occupational therapy/therapist, take a look at what Eastern Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294. In 2021, 23 occupational therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan.

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.

Eastern Michigan Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Occupational Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the occupational therapy progam at Eastern Michigan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The occupational therapy major at Eastern Michigan 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
	21
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Schools	126
	133
Best Value Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	141

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in occupational therapy from Eastern Michigan. This makes it the #82 most popular school for occupational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of occupational therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical occupational therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 10% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 96% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in occupational therapy.

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

Eastern Michigan Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

The occupational therapy program at Eastern Michigan awarded 37 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. Eastern Michigan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 95% 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 Eastern Michigan University with a master's in occupational therapy.

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

Eastern Michigan also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Music Therapy
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
• Orthotist/Prosthetist

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 Eastern 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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.