About Us
USC Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Programs
- Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)
- Ranked #1 in the nation by US News & World Report for eight of the nine past years
- Founded in 1942 (over 60 years old)
- Initiated first Post-Professional Master’s program in the nation in 1947
- Inaugurated world’s first PhD Program in Occupational Science in 1989
- Offers BS, MA, OTD (clinical doctorate), and PhD programs
- Has contracts with over 700 clinical fieldwork sites in over 35 states and 5 countries
- Provides specialization in pediatrics, rehabilitation medicine, and lifestyle redesign
- Prepares students for traditional and nontraditional OT career paths
- Utilizes a problem-based learning / clinical-based reasoning approach
- Has departmental TAships and scholarships available
- ACOTE Standards Public Data
Faculty
- Total number of faculty: 27 full-time, 18 part-time
- Emeritus Professors: 3 (Elizabeth June Yerxa, Mary Reilly and Ruth Zemke)
- Internationally recognized adjunct faculty: Jane Goodall and J. Seward Johnson
- Faculty Awards: 4 Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecturers
- Faculty student ratio: 10:1
- Total grant funds received in the past 3 years: $4,038,085
Students
- Total number of students enrolled: 294
- Students from out of state: 25% of student body
- Students receiving financial aid (loans and scholarships): 68% of student body
- Has one of the most ethnically diverse OT student populations in the nation
Alumni
- Total number: 2,858 OT Alumni in 47 states
- AOTA Presidents: 2 (Florence Cromwell and Mary Foto)
- Alumni Awards: 12 Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecturers
- OTAC presidents: Meilissa Szamet, Shawn Phipps
University
- USC founded in 1880
- Named college of the year 2000 by Time and The Princeton Review
- USC at a Glance
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