3+3 Doctorate in Occupational Therapy

Western New England University

Make a direct impact on people's quality of life with the highest degree in the occupational therapy profession-the Doctor of Occupational Therapy. In this growing healthcare field, practitioners assist individuals and communities in performing daily routines adapt environments to improve function in home, work, or leisure settings and provide client-centered support for participation in the activities they enjoy. As a doctor of occupational therapy, you will work with populations with disabilities and those at risk for disabilities, advance community health outcomes in interprofessional practice teams, and transform practice in primary care and telehealth. Two degrees of preparation-in just six years, not seven. That’s the advantage of earning a joint BS or BA and OTD degree at Western New England. Save time and tuition, and be positioned to earn the salary afforded those among the highest degree in the field.

First-year students commit to this early-admissions program and spend their first three years in at WNE working towards completing their bachelor's degree while focusing on prerequisite OT coursework. Students apply to the OTD program during the spring of junior year, and accepted students transition into the OTD program at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for their fourth year. OTD students join undergraduate classmates in receiving the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, and the final two years of doctoral study in the OTD program prepare students for licensure and work in a practice, administration of a department, or academic work in higher education.