Occupational Therapy · New York

New York colleges that awarded Occupational Therapy credentials

27 colleges in New York reported conferring Occupational Therapy credentials to the federal IPEDS collection in 2024-25, and every one of them also awarded in the year before. 27 awarded a degree. That is a record of credentials already awarded, not confirmation that a program is currently admitting.

Colleges and what they awarded

Largest first by credentials conferred in 2024-25. That order measures the size of the graduating class and nothing else: it is not a ranking, and the largest entry is often a certificate provider rather than the strongest degree program. The credential is labelled on every row for exactly that reason.

Colleges in New York that conferred Occupational Therapy credentials in 2024-25, with the number awarded and whether any was a degree.
CollegeCredentials awardedHighest level
Ithaca College91Degree
University at Buffalo79Degree
Columbia University in the City of New York66Degree
Long Island University64Degree
Touro University62Degree
New York University53Degree
New York Institute of Technology44Degree
Keuka College42Degree
Stony Brook University40Degree
D'Youville University39Degree
Hofstra University36Degree
Utica University36Degree
CUNY York College35Degree
Russell Sage College34Degree
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University33Degree
Mercy University30Degree
Maria College of Albany28Degree
Dominican University New York23Degree
Pace University19Degree
Iona University18Degree
Nazareth University16Degree
Le Moyne College15Degree
Clarkson University10Degree
Yeshiva University10Degree
Roberts Wesleyan University7Degree
St Bonaventure University6Degree
Binghamton University4Degree

Looking for Occupational Therapy programs in New York? This page lists every college that reported awarding Occupational Therapy credentials to the federal government in 2024-25 — 27 of them — with the credential level each one awarded. That is a record of credentials conferred, not a confirmation that a college is currently admitting students, so confirm current availability with the college before it changes where you apply.

How much of this field is in New York

Credentials awarded
940
Share of U.S. total
9.6%
Colleges awarding it
27
Awarding a degree
27

New York colleges conferred 940 Occupational Therapy credentials in 2024-25, which is 9.6% of the 9,819 conferred across the 48 U.S. jurisdictions reporting any. Of the 27 colleges here, every one awarded a degree. These counts measure the size of graduating classes, not program quality, and not how many students are currently enrolled.

What level those credentials were

  • Bachelor's: 15%, 141 credentials.
  • Graduate: 85%, 799 credentials.

Most Occupational Therapy credentials awarded in New York were graduate degrees. The mix here is close to the national pattern for this field. A certificate is a different credential from a degree, not a lesser one, and the level a program awards is set by the program rather than by the student.

We measured how much this varies nationwide, and for most fields the credential level is set by the field rather than the state: is your major a certificate or a degree?

How concentrated it is. The single college with the largest reported graduating class in this field accounted for 10% of New York’s Occupational Therapy credentials. Activity is spread across several institutions rather than sitting with one.

What these New York colleges cost

Median net price across the 25 of these 27 colleges that report it, by family income. Net price is what students receiving federal aid actually paid for the WHOLE college after grants and scholarships, so it is not the price of a Occupational Therapy program specifically, and not a quote for any family.

0-30k
$16,816
30-48k
$18,041
48-75k
$22,008
75-110k
$27,639
110k+
$30,166

A family earning under $30,000 paid a median of $16,816 at these colleges, against $30,166 for a family earning over $110,000. Individual colleges vary widely around these medians. See every New York college by income band.

What this evidence does and does not prove

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

How this list was built

From the U.S. Department of Education IPEDS completions collection, matched to each college on its exact federal program classification. A college appears only if it conferred credentials in both 2023-24 and 2024-25, which is what separates a running program from one that has already closed.

This page exists because its list of colleges is materially different from that of every closely related field in New York — the fields a reader could otherwise mistake it for, such as two engineering disciplines, or nursing and practical nursing. Where a related field resolves to the same colleges, the second page would be the first one with its title changed, and CampusPin does not publish it. Sharing colleges with an unrelated field is different, and not a reason to withhold the page: in most states the same colleges award business, psychology and biology alike, which says something about the colleges rather than about the fields. We measured exactly how often that happens, and published the result: does choosing a major narrow your college list?

What Occupational Therapy graduates go on to do

Occupations the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk associates with Occupational Therapy, ordered by projected annual openings. National figures: openings and pay do not vary by where you studied, and the crosswalk describes related fields rather than a required or guaranteed path.

Occupations associated with Occupational Therapy, with median annual wage, projected annual openings, and the education most entrants hold.
OccupationMedian payOpenings / yrMost entrants hold
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$105,62027,400Doctoral or professional degree
Occupational Therapists$98,34010,200Master's degree

Crosswalk: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), CIP 2020 to SOC 2018. Pay and projections: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024 wages, Employment Projections). “Most entrants hold” is what BLS observes about people already in the occupation, not a legal requirement, an admission rule, or a guarantee of entry. Projected openings are a projection, not jobs promised.

Questions about Occupational Therapy in New York

How many colleges in New York awarded Occupational Therapy credentials?
27 colleges in New York reported conferring Occupational Therapy credentials to the federal IPEDS completions collection in 2024-25, 27 of them a degree rather than only a certificate. Together they awarded 940 credentials in the fields covered.
Does this mean these colleges currently offer Occupational Therapy?
Not necessarily. Completions record credentials already awarded, so they confirm a program ran and graduated students. They do not confirm it is still admitting. Every college here also awarded in the prior year, which makes a closed program less likely, but confirm directly with the institution before it affects where you apply.
Is a college missing from this list?
Possibly. A new program with no graduates yet does not appear, and CampusPin matches the federal classification exactly rather than guessing, so a college filing under a neighbouring code is absent. Absence is never evidence a program does not exist.

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