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CIP 51.0803 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Occupational Therapist Assistant.

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of occupational therapists, to direct patient participation in skill-enhancing, learning, and motivational tasks; correct or diminish pathologies; and to provide direct health education and promotion services. Includes instruction in human life span development, occupational therapy principles and practice skills, treatment planning and implementation, record-keeping and documentation, patient education and intervention, activity and program direction, and assistive services management.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Occupational Therapist Assistant award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0803. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years221
2025Associate degree2033,092
2025Certificate 2–4 years116
2025Bachelor degree873
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year12
2024Certificate 1–2 years221
2024Associate degree2083,087
2024Certificate 2–4 years117
2024Bachelor degree553
2023Certificate 1–2 years213
2023Associate degree2103,575
2023Certificate 2–4 years116
2023Bachelor degree542
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11
2022Certificate 1–2 years218
2022Associate degree2134,444
2022Certificate 2–4 years119
2022Bachelor degree327
2021Certificate 1–2 years222
2021Associate degree2034,758
2021Certificate 2–4 years127
2021Bachelor degree340
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11
2020Certificate 1–2 years230
2020Associate degree1883,565
2020Certificate 2–4 years15
2020Bachelor degree323

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.0803 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

247 institutions

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