Occupational Therapy Assistant
“Skills for the job of living.”The OTA program has been in existence since 1988 and has maintained accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. Students enrolled in this curriculum of study learn to assist in providing occupational therapy to many different individuals with a variety of medical and psychosocial diagnoses. They may also learn to work with toddlers, school age children, and the elderly.
Occupational Therapy Assistants can provide treatment intervention in:
Graduates of this program can work in:
Accreditation
This program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is 301.652.AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org.This program has been granted re-accreditation through the year 2023/2024.
| Year entered | # admitted into OTA Program |
# who graduated within 2-3 years of starting |
Graduation rates (year graduated) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 32 | 28 |
88% (2018) |
| 2017 | 35 | 32 |
91% (2019) |
| 2018 | 35 | 28** | 80% (2020) |
| 2019 | 37 | 30** | 81% (2021) |
| 2020 |
20 | 18** |
86% (2022) |
| Total | 159 | 136 | 86% overall graduation |
