Occupational Therapy at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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

TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 5,274.

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.

TTUHSC Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

TTUHSC Occupational Therapy Rankings

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Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at TTUHSC

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

TTUHSC Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students graduated with a master's degree in occupational therapy from TTUHSC. About 2% were men and 98% were women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from TTUHSC, 71% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation Science
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• 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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Occupational Therapists	9,250	$89,360

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 Krista Mericle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.