2025 Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Arizona

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 3 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for occupational therapist assistant students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 88 associate degrees in occupational therapist assistant to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

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 take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various 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 schools for occupational therapist assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Arizona list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Occupational Therapist Assistant in Arizona

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

Top Arizona Schools for an Associate in Occupational Therapist Assistant

1

GateWay Community College
Phoenix, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant has to look into GateWay Community College. Located in the city of Phoenix, GateWay Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from GateWay Community College

2

Pima Medical Institute - Mesa
Mesa, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Pima Medical Institute - Mesa if you wish to pursue an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. PMI Mesa is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Mesa.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Pima Medical Institute - Mesa

3

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson
Tucson, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Pima Medical Institute - Tucson if you wish to pursue an associate degree in occupational therapist assistant. PMI Tucson is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tucson.More information about a associate in occupational therapist assistant from Pima Medical Institute - Tucson

Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Occupational Therapist Assistant Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	420	360
New Mexico	255	39
Oklahoma	222	114

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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	115
Medical/Clinical Assistant	67
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	52
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant	38

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.