A rewarding career – helping people with health challenges live life to its fullest – can be yours in just two years with an Occupational Therapy Assistant degree from Cabarrus College. If you aspire to advance to the next level and become an occupational therapist, we also offer a master’s degree, including a unique bridge program enabling OTAs to get a bachelor’s degree and transition directly into our Master of Occupational Therapy program.
Program Highlights
- Two-year associate degree
- In as little as two years, you can be working as an OTA
- 100% pass rate on certification exam in 2021, 2022, and 2023; and 95% in 2024
- Student-centered instruction in small classes
- Hands-on clinical experience – allows you to practice skills you learn in class right away
- Excellent opportunities to network with practicing OT professionals during clinical fieldwork
- Flexible: enroll full-time or part-time
- Start in fall semester only
- A portion of the OTA program is offered in a distance education format
Program Outcomes
Students who graduate with an associate degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant will become:
- Highly skilled entry-level generalist clinicians
- Ethical leaders
- Effective communicators
- Professional lifelong learners
- Dedicated advocates for clients and the profession.
Student Graduate & Certification Data
Graduation Rate as defined by The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE): The number of students who graduate from the OTA Program within 150% of the published length of the program, divided by the number of students admitted in the original cohort minus the number of students who withdrew due to non-academic reasons.
| Graduation Year | # Students Entering | Students who withdrew, or did not graduate with the entering cohort, for reasons other than academic performance | # Students Graduating | Graduation Rate |
| 2025 | 28 | 7 | 22 | 100% |
| 2024 | 28 | 5 | 21 | 91% |
| 2023 | 32 | 4 | 29 | 100% |
| 3-year total | 88 | 16 | 72 | 97% |
Graduates are not required to take the certification examination within the year that they graduate. Program results from the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) can be found online at https://www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.
