What is the Education Process?

Boston University, where current top OT program is located

Education for Occupational Therapist’s, that has been a area of huge growth in the recent years. Occupational therapy schools use to be very limited and now they are growing rapidly. People are beginning to see the practicality of placing themselves on a the path to becoming an OT and most would say that it pays off when you get there. You are currently required to get a bachelors degree in OT in order to be certified in the job, this basically calls for 6 years of schooling, unless you choose to become a occupational therapist assistant which only takes about 2 years to acquire (College of Occupational Therapists). Some of the top OT schools in the U.S. according to careerplanning.com are Boston University in Ma, Washington University in St. Louis MO, University of Southern California in LA, University of Illinois in Chicago (career planning). In terms of Ohio schools, according to campus explorer Ohio State University, University of Findlay, Cleveland State University, and Shawnee State University are some of the best (campus explorer inc.). In the end, there is a wide range and variety of colleges that offer an Occupational Therapy program for almost anyone that is interested.