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Career Information for Occupational Therapists in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Occupational Therapists in Pennsylvania

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Scranton, Altoona, and Reading
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Erie, Harrisburg, and Lancaster
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton

Salaries for Occupational Therapists in Pennsylvania

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Reading, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Occupational Therapists in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Occupational Therapy Schools in Pennsylvania

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Kaplan Career Institute
Pittsburgh

Offers career training and degree programs in business, health care, information systems, legal studies, secretarial science studies, and specialized technology.

  • Programs: Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

More Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Carlow UniversityPittsburghDoctorate2,178
Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburghAssociate18,525
Duquesne UniversityPittsburghDoctorate & First Professional10,296
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtownMasters2,360
Gannon UniversityErieDoctorate4,134
Keystone CollegeLa PlumeBachelor1,796
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksvilleAssociate7,184
Misericordia UniversityDallasDoctorate2,355
Mount Aloysius CollegeCressonMasters1,595
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsportBachelor6,682
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReadingBachelor2,824
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuboisDuboisBachelor897
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont AltoBachelor1,204
Philadelphia UniversityPhiladelphiaDoctorate3,349
Saint Francis UniversityLorettoDoctorate2,125
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaDoctorate & First Professional34,696
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphiaDoctorate & First Professional2,924
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburghDoctorate27,020
University of ScrantonScrantonDoctorate5,612
University of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaDoctorate2,969

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Occupational Therapists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Pennsylvania. 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

PENNSYLVANIA

   
Scranton460$56,7502.6
Altoona70$52,4901.9
Reading190$79,7101.7
York190$64,9101.6
Pittsburgh1,210$58,4401.5
Philadelphia1,980$68,6901.5
Lebanon40$67,1101.4
Williamsport40$57,8501.3
Lancaster160$64,2501
Harrisburg190$69,6500.9
Erie70$57,6100.8
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