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Career Information for Occupational Therapists in New York

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Fast Facts for Occupational Therapists in New York

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Utica, Buffalo, and Elmira
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: New York, Poughkeepsie, and Nassau
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: New York, Nassau, and Buffalo

Salaries for Occupational Therapists in New York

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Poughkeepsie, New York, and Kingston. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Occupational Therapists in New York are listed below.

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New York Occupational Therapy Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew YorkDoctorate & First Professional22,655
CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island CityAssociate15,169
CUNY York CollegeJamaicaMasters6,727
D'Youville CollegeBuffaloDoctorate3,018
Dominican College of BlauveltOrangeburgDoctorate1,931
Erie Community CollegeBuffaloAssociate13,053
Genesee Community CollegeBataviaAssociate6,472
Ithaca CollegeIthacaDoctorate6,660
Jamestown Community CollegeJamestownAssociate3,361
Keuka CollegeKeuka ParkMasters1,629
Long Island University-Brooklyn CampusBrooklynDoctorate & First Professional8,174
Maria College of AlbanyAlbanyAssociate752
Mercy CollegeDobbs FerryDoctorate8,628
New York Institute of Technology-Old WestburyOld WestburyDoctorate & First Professional8,481
New York UniversityNew YorkDoctorate & First Professional41,783
Orange County Community CollegeMiddletownAssociate6,602
Rockland Community CollegeSuffernAssociate6,653
Sage College of AlbanyAlbanyDoctorate1,987
Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookDoctorate & First Professional23,347
Suffolk County Community CollegeSeldenAssociate22,092
SUNY College of Technology at CantonCantonBachelor2,737
SUNY Health Science Center at BrooklynBrooklynDoctorate & First Professional1,598
Touro CollegeNew YorkDoctorate17,129
University at BuffaloBuffaloDoctorate & First Professional28,054

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Occupational Therapists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for New York. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Occupational Therapists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Occupational Therapists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

NEW YORK

   
Utica180$59,6202.1
Buffalo800$52,0802.1
Elmira40$57,0401.9
Binghamton130$68,3301.9
Albany520$61,0701.7
Kingston50$70,0401.4
Rochester460$61,1301.3
Syracuse270$63,8901.3
Nassau1,000$69,6701.1
Poughkeepsie180$73,7501.1
New York3,860$72,3601.1
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