Occupational Therapy at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy from USC.

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.

USC Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

USC Occupational Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks occupational therapy programs across the country. The following shows how USC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The occupational therapy major at USC 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
Most Popular Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	3
Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
	9
	11
Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	122
Best Value Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	138

In 2021, 154 students received their master’s degree in occupational therapy from USC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for occupational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 72 students who received their doctoral degrees in occupational therapy, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from USC in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical occupational therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 10% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy at USC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its occupational therapy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

USC Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 154 students who earned a master's degree in Occupational Therapy from USC in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in occupational therapy each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the occupational therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	52
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

USC also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapy. In 2021, 72 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Therapists	9,580	$95,160

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.