Occupational Therapy at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

If you are interested in studying occupational therapy/therapist, you may want to check out the program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY Downstate is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 2,118 students attend the school each year.

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.

SUNY Downstate Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

SUNY Downstate Occupational Therapy Rankings

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Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at SUNY Downstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapy majors at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

SUNY Downstate Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 33 occupational therapy students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Downstate, about 24% were men and 76% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. SUNY Downstate does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from SUNY Downstate, 52% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% 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 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Occupational Therapists	9,740	$88,370

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 Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.