Occupational Therapy at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208.

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.

San Jose State Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

San Jose State Occupational Therapy Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

In 2021, 70 students received their master’s degree in occupational therapy from San Jose State. This makes it the #16 most popular school for occupational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Therapists	9,580	$95,160

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.