The Division at a Glance

Entry-level master’s degree program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education^® — ACOTE, c/o Accreditation Department, American Occupational Therapy Association^®, 4720 Montgomery Lane, Suite 200, Bethesda MD 20814-3449, www.acoteonline.org, (301) 652-6611 x2914
Ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
Founded in 1942
Initiated nation’s first Post-Professional Master’s program in 1947
Inaugurated world’s first PhD Program in Occupational Science in 1989
Offers BS, MA, OTD (clinical doctorate), PhD degree programs and postdoctoral training programs
Contracts with over 700 academic fieldwork education sites in over 35 states and 5 countries
Provides specialization in pediatrics, rehabilitation medicine and Lifestyle Redesign^®
Prepares students for traditional and nontraditional career paths
Utilizes a problem-based learning/clinical-based reasoning approach
Teaching assistantships and scholarships available
ACOTE Standards Public Data

Faculty

Total number of full-time faculty: 70
Emeritus Professors: 2 (Elizabeth J. Yerxa and Ruth Zemke)
Internationally-recognized honorary faculty: J. Seward Johnson
Faculty Awards: 3 Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecturers (Elizabeth J. Yerxa, Ruth Zemke and Florence Clark)
Full-time faculty to student ratio: 4.4:1
Total grant funds received in the past three years: >$4,000,000

Total number of students enrolled: 309
Students from out of state: 25 percent of the student body
Students receiving financial aid (loans and scholarships): 68 percent of the student body
Has one of the most ethnically diverse OT student populations in the nation