Occupational Therapy at Florida Gulf Coast University

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

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 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.

FGCU Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

FGCU Occupational Therapy Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students graduated with a master's degree in occupational therapy from FGCU. About 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from FGCU, 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Music 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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Occupational Therapists	6,750	$81,520

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.