Occupational Therapy at Hofstra University

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

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 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.

Hofstra Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

Hofstra Occupational Therapy Rankings

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Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Hofstra

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

Hofstra Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from Hofstra, 66% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Art 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 NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Occupational Therapists	9,740	$88,370

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 Dan14641 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.