Occupational Therapy at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917. In 2021, 40 occupational therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from Towson.

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.

Towson Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

Towson Occupational Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the occupational therapy progam at Towson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The occupational therapy major at Towson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Occupational Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
	4
Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
	22
Best Value Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	33
Best Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools	39
	41
Best Occupational Therapy Schools	53
Most Popular Occupational Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools	58
Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools	59
	61
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	84
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Schools	87

In 2021, 112 students received their master’s degree in occupational therapy from Towson. This makes it the #5 most popular school for occupational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from Towson in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy at Towson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Towson Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from Towson, 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 27% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	80
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Towson also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapy. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Occupational Therapists	3,370	$89,230

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.