Occupational Therapy at Temple University

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 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.

Temple Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Doctorate Degree in Occupational Therapy

Online Classes Are Available at Temple

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Temple does offer online courses in occupational therapy for the following degree levels:

Temple Occupational Therapy 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #69 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

The occupational therapy program at Temple awarded 56 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from Temple, 84% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Art Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
• 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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Occupational Therapists	7,440	$81,030

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.