Occupational Therapy at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every occupational therapy/therapist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the occupational therapy program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518.

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.

UIC Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

UIC Occupational Therapy Rankings

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There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from UIC, 62% 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 38% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Rehabilitation Science

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Occupational Therapists	5,230	$83,940

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.