Occupational Therapy at Messiah University

If you are interested in studying occupational therapy/therapist, you may want to check out the program at Messiah University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,370 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.

Messiah Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

Messiah Occupational Therapy Rankings

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Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. Messiah does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from Messiah, 83% 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 Messiah University with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Occupational Therapists	7,440	$81,030

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.