Occupational Therapist Assistant at Northern Virginia Community College

If you are interested in studying occupational therapist assistant, you may want to check out the program at Northern Virginia Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and approximately 52,873 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 30 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.

Northern Virginia Community College Occupational Therapist Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Occupational Therapist Assistant

Northern Virginia Community College Occupational Therapist Assistant Rankings

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of occupational therapist assistant associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in occupational therapist assistant only graduates about 12% men each year. The program at Northern Virginia Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in occupational therapist assistant graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Physical Therapy Assistant

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 VA, the home state for Northern Virginia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Occupational Therapy Assistants	930	$66,240

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.