2025 Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Ranked #32 in popularity, occupational therapist assistant is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for occupational therapist assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 502 associate degrees in occupational therapist assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Occupational Therapist Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of occupational therapist assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality occupational therapist assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on occupational therapist assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of occupational therapist assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized occupational therapist assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for occupational therapist assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools

The occupational therapist assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Occupational Therapist Assistant in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Occupational Therapist Assistant

1

Fox College
Tinley Park, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Fox College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. Fox College is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Tinley Park.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Fox College

2

Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Sinclair Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. Sinclair Community College is a large public college located in the city of Dayton.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Sinclair Community College

3

Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Cuyahoga Community College District is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Cuyahoga Community College District

4

Madison Area Technical College
Madison, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Madison Area Technical College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. Madison College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Madison.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Madison Area Technical College

5

Marion Technical College
Marion, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

MTC is a small public college located in the distant town of Marion.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Marion Technical College

6

Macomb Community College
Warren, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Macomb Community College is a fairly large public college located in the medium-sized city of Warren.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Macomb Community College

7

Baker College
Owosso, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Baker College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Owosso.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Baker College

8

McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Crystal Lake, MCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from McHenry County College

9

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Cincinnati, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Cincinnati State is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Cincinnati.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

10

Kent State University at Ashtabula
Ashtabula, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Kent State University at Ashtabula is a small public university located in the distant town of Ashtabula.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Kent State University at Ashtabula

Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Colleges by State

Explore the best occupational therapist assistant schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	241
Michigan	410	117
Illinois	267	154
Wisconsin	224	101
Indiana	221	30

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Occupational Therapist Assistant Related Rankings by Major

Occupational Therapist Assistant is one of 14 different types of Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Occupational Therapist Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	871
Medical/Clinical Assistant	789
Radiologist Assistant	59
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	41
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	24
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	20
Anesthesiologist Assistant	17
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant	10
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.