Occupational Therapy at University of Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,130 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.

Puget Sound Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

Puget Sound Occupational Therapy Rankings

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There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students graduated with a master's degree in occupational therapy from Puget Sound. About 17% were men and 83% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. Puget Sound does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Occupational Therapists	2,780	$81,250

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.