Occupational Therapy at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 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.

Howard Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

Howard Occupational Therapy Rankings

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In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in occupational therapy from Howard. This makes it the #113 most popular school for occupational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #53 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Howard in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 67% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Howard also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapy. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Occupational Therapists	380	$94,360

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.