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CIP 51.2306 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Occupational Therapy/Therapist.

A program that prepares individuals to assist patients limited by physical, cognitive, psychosocial, mental, developmental, and learning disabilities, as well as adverse environmental conditions, to maximize their independence and maintain optimum health through a planned mix of acquired skills, performance motivation, environmental adaptations, assistive technologies, and physical agents. Includes instruction in the basic medical sciences, psychology, sociology, patient assessment and evaluation, standardized and non-standardized tests and measurements, assistive and rehabilitative technologies, ergonomics, environmental health, special education, vocational counseling, health education and promotion, and professional standards and ethics.

How to use this list

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 Therapy/Therapist award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.2306. 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
2025Associate degree327
2025Bachelor degree27441
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate536
2025Master degree1524,927
2025Post-master certificate14
2025Doctorate — research23758
2025Doctorate — professional practice1213,529
2025Doctorate — other474
2024Associate degree538
2024Bachelor degree23463
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate528
2024Master degree1595,735
2024Post-master certificate15
2024Doctorate — research22797
2024Doctorate — professional practice1013,265
2024Doctorate — other485
2023Associate degree453
2023Bachelor degree24566
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate533
2023Master degree1576,059
2023Post-master certificate12
2023Doctorate — research18721
2023Doctorate — professional practice872,708
2023Doctorate — other273
2022Associate degree558
2022Bachelor degree25642
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate747
2022Master degree1616,910
2022Doctorate — research21442
2022Doctorate — professional practice722,314
2022Doctorate — other4132
2021Associate degree695
2021Bachelor degree28761
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate435
2021Master degree1597,036
2021Post-master certificate12
2021Doctorate — research17321
2021Doctorate — professional practice601,576
2021Doctorate — other596
2020Associate degree767
2020Bachelor degree29749
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate539
2020Master degree1626,639
2020Post-master certificate14
2020Doctorate — research14238
2020Doctorate — professional practice551,344
2020Doctorate — other337

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 51.2306 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

266 institutions

PA · Four-year

Thomas Jefferson University ↗

Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit

Associate degree: 15 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Bachelor degree: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Postbaccalaureate certificate: 3 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Master degree: 59 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

2 additional reported award levels.

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MD · Four-year

Towson University ↗

Towson, MD · Public

Bachelor degree: 40 first-major awards · year ending 2021.

Master degree: 22 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — research: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — professional practice: 19 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

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