Occupational Therapy at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a occupational therapy school? To help you decide if University of New Mexico - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's occupational therapy program.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 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.

UNM Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

UNM Occupational Therapy Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapy majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students graduated with a master's degree in occupational therapy from UNM. About 15% were men and 85% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. UNM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from UNM, 59% 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 41% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	20
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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Occupational Therapists	580	$81,660

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.