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Educational Resources For Occupational Therapy

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There are currently 125 accredited occupational therapy programs in the U.S., according to the American Occupational Therapy Association. The programs are listed by state.

• Both the baccalaureate and the professional master's are entry-level degrees in the occupational therapy profession, according to the AOTA.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks graduate schools in many disciplines annually. Below is the magazine's list of the Top 10 graduate programs for occupational therapy in 1998.

  1. University of Southern California
  Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
  1540 Alcazar Street
  Los Angeles CA 90033
  (323) 442-2850
  Degrees offered: baccalaureate, professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  2. Boston University
  Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  635 Commonwealth Avenue
  Boston, MA 02215
  (617) 353-2713 (undergraduate inquiries) or (617) 353-2727 (MSOT inquiries)
  Degrees offered: baccalaureate, professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  3. Washington University School of Medicine
  The Program in Occupational Therapy
  4444 Forest Park Ave.
  St. Louis, MO 63108-2292
  (314) 286-1600
  Degrees offered: professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  4. New York University
  Department of Occupational Therapy
  School of Education
  New York University
  35 West 4 St.
  New York, NY 10012-1172
  (212) 998-5825
  Degrees offered: baccalaureate, professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  5. University of Illinois at Chicago
  Department of Occupational Therapy
  College of Associated Health Professions
  University of Illinois at Chicago
  1919 West Taylor Street
  Chicago, Illinois 60612-7250
  (312) 996-6901
  Degrees offered: baccalaureate, professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  6. Texas Woman's University
  School of Occupational Therapy
  P.O. Box 425648
  Denton, TX 76204
  (940) 898-2802
  Degrees offered: baccalaureate, professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  6. Tufts University (Boston School of Occupational Therapy)
  Medford/Somerville Campus
  Medford, Massachusetts 02155
  (617) 627-3720
  Degrees offered: professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  8. Colorado State University
  Department of Occupational Therapy
  200 Occupational Therapy
  Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
  (970) 491-6253
  Degrees offered: baccalaureate, professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Division of Occupational Science
  CB #7120, Medical School Wing E
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7120
  (919) 966-2451
  Degrees offered: professional entry-level master's

  10.Columbia University
  Programs in Occupational Therapy
  710 West 168th Street
  New York, New York 10032
  (212) 305-3781
  Degrees offered: professional entry-level master's, post-professional

  10. Medical College of Ohio at Toledo
  Occupational Therapy Department
  3015 Arlington Avenue
  Toledo, Ohio 43614-5803
  (419) 383-4117
  Degrees offered: professional entry-level master's