Occupational Therapy at Western Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a occupational therapy school? To help you decide if Western Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's occupational therapy program.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. Of the 432 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 66 of them were occupational therapy/therapist majors.

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.

WMU Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

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

WMU Occupational Therapy Rankings

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

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The occupational therapy major at WMU 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	1
Most Popular Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Occupational Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Most Popular Occupational Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
	20
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Schools	73
Most Focused Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	78
	89
Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools	94
Best Occupational Therapy Schools	104
	127

In 2021, 110 students received their master’s degree in occupational therapy from WMU. This makes it the #6 most popular school for occupational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of occupational therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in occupational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WMU Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 110 occupational therapy students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WMU, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from WMU, 93% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	102
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WMU also has a doctoral program available in occupational therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering
• Music Therapy

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Occupational Therapists	4,580	$77,940

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.