Occupational Therapy at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,313.

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.

Sacred Heart Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

Sacred Heart Occupational Therapy Rankings

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Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a master's degree in occupational therapy from Sacred Heart. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. Sacred Heart does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from Sacred Heart, 73% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Occupational Therapists	2,150	$90,780

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.