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Occupational Therapist Assistant at Southwestern Community College

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Occupational Therapist Assistant at Southwestern Community College

If you are interested in studying occupational therapist assistant, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Southwestern Community College is located in Sylva, North Carolina and has a total student population of 2,259.

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.

Southwestern Community College Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

Southwestern Community College Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at Southwestern Community College

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

Southwestern Community College Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

88% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in occupational therapist assistant at Southwestern Community College are white. Around 81% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NC, the home state for Southwestern Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors 10,090 $134,300
Occupational Therapy Assistants 1,510 $62,880

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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