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The Division at a Glance

• USC Chan’s entry-level OTD degree program has been granted Candidacy Status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®), 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-6611, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), acoteonline.org
• Ranked No. 5 occupational therapy program 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 and PhD degree programs and facilitates postdoctoral training
• Contracts with more than 850 academic fieldwork education sites in more than 39 states and 6 countries
• Provides specialization in pediatrics, rehabilitation medicine and Lifestyle Redesign®
• Prepares students for traditional and non-traditional 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: 104
• Emeritus Professors: 6
• AOTA Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture Awardees: 4
• AOTA President-Elect: 1
• Full-time faculty to student ratio: 4.8:1
• Currently hold more than $28.7 million in federal research grants

Students

• Total number of students enrolled: 495
• 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 racially and ethnically diverse OT student populations in the nation

Alumni

• Total number: More than 5,200 alumni in 48 states, 16 countries and 6 continents
• AOTA Presidents: 5
• Eleanor Clarke Slagle Awards: 16
• OTAC Presidents: 6
• AOTA Roster of Fellows: 101

University of Southern California

• Founded in 1880, USC is the oldest private research university in the West. Learn more at USC at a Glance.

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.