Occupational Therapist Assistant at Mercy College

Every occupational therapist assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the occupational therapist assistant program at Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 25 students received their associate's degree in occupational therapist assistant.

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

Mercy Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

Mercy Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at Mercy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the occupational therapist assistant majors at Mercy College.

Mercy Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in occupational therapist assistant only graduates about 12% men each year. The program at Mercy may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Mercy does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in occupational therapist assistant graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercy College with a associate's in occupational therapist assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Occupational Therapist Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in occupational therapist assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Occupational Therapy Assistants	2,360	$60,890

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.