Occupational Therapist Assistant at Santa Ana College

If you plan to study occupational therapist assistant, take a look at what Santa Ana College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SAC is located in Santa Ana, California and approximately 20,118 students attend the school each year. Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Ana College in 2021, 18 of them were occupational therapist assistant majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Occupational Therapist Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

SAC Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant
• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

SAC Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks occupational therapist assistant programs across the country. The following shows how SAC performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The occupational therapist assistant major at SAC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Occupational Therapist Assistant. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
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Best Value Occupational Therapist Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Occupational Therapist Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Occupational Therapist Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools	7
Most Popular Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools	19
Best Value Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools	56
Best Value Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools	68
Most Focused Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools	125
Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools	130
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Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools	155
Most Focused Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools	161

Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at SAC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapist assistant majors at Santa Ana College.

SAC Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in occupational therapist assistant only graduates about 12% men each year. The program at SAC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in occupational therapist assistant graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Ana College with a associate's in occupational therapist assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SAC Occupational Therapist Assistant Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of occupational therapist assistant bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical occupational therapist assistant bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at SAC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its occupational therapist assistant bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Ana College with a bachelor's in occupational therapist assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SAC also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapist assistant. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Pharmacy Technician/Assistant
• Medical/Clinical Assistant

Careers That Occupational Therapist Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational therapist assistant 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 Santa Ana College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Therapy Assistants	2,280	$67,470

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.