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Occupational Therapy at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

Occupational Therapy at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

If you plan to study occupational therapy, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTHSC is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 3,181 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Occupational Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

UTHSC Occupational Therapy Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

UTHSC Occupational Therapy Rankings

Occupational Therapy Student Demographics at UTHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapy majors at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

UTHSC Occupational Therapy Master’s Program

97% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of occupational therapy master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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Of the students who received a occupational therapy master's degree from UTHSC, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center with a master's in occupational therapy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Occupational Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors 5,690 $102,310
Occupational Therapists 2,360 $84,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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