Occupational Therapist Assistant at South Suburban College

Every occupational therapist assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the occupational therapist assistant program at South Suburban College stacks up to those at other schools.

SSC is located in South Holland, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,366.

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.

SSC Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

SSC Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at SSC

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

SSC Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in occupational therapist assistant only graduates about 12% men each year. The program at SSC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in occupational therapist assistant at SSC are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. SSC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in occupational therapist assistant graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for South Suburban College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Occupational Therapy Assistants	2,200	$60,200

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.