Entry-level OTOccupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD)
Awards: Occupational Therapy Doctorate
San Jose State University · San Jose, California
- Pathway
- Entry-level occupational therapist education
- Coursework
- HybridCampus attendance required
- Duration
- Three years of full-time enrollmentFull time
- Tuition
- Not published
Entry-level occupational therapist education
About this program
Entry-level doctorate launched in Spring 2023 with a community-engagement and social-justice focus, mostly face to face with some online instruction.
- School and department
- San Jose State UniversityDepartment of Occupational Therapy
Award and pathway
- Exact official award
- Occupational Therapy Doctorate
- Browsing category
- Occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) · OTD
- Professional pathway
- Entry-level occupational therapist education
- Award status
- Credit-bearing academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding institution
- San Jose State University
Accreditation
As recorded by the accreditor, with the exact program and locations covered. A degree alone does not grant a license, and admission does not guarantee certification eligibility.
ACOTEAccreditationAccreditationVerified in official record
Scope: OT Doctorate, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Published term: Next on-site: 2031/2032
Checked 3 November 2026
Accreditation, NBCOT certification and state licensure explained
Delivery, attendance and in-person requirements
Online coursework does not mean no in-person activity. Coursework delivery, campus attendance and practical requirements are separate facts.
- Coursework delivery
- HybridPart of the coursework is online and part is on campus. Required campus time is shown.
- Campus attendance
- Campus attendance required
- Teaching mode
- Teaching mode not confirmed
- Study intensity
- Full time
In-person requirements
In-person requirements (labs, fieldwork, capstone, placements) are not published on the pages we checked. Ask the program before assuming any part is remote.
- Placement arrangement
- Placement arrangement not confirmed
- Fieldwork locations
- Not confirmed. We do not assume local placements.
Where: four different places
- Institution headquarters
- San Jose, California
- Teaching campus
- San Jose State UniversityOne Washington Square
- Online enrollment eligibility
- Not confirmed. An online program of a university in one state is not automatically available in every state.
- Fieldwork location
- Not confirmed
Duration and credits
- Duration
- Three years of full-time enrollment
Admissions
- Prior study
- Not published
- Prior professional credential
- Not stated
- Minimum GPA
- 3Minimum 3.0 in the last 60 semester or 90 quarter units; 3.2 or higher recommended.
- Observation hours
- 80Minimum 80 hours of volunteer or paid experience in preferably two settings; 60 hours under a licensed OT.
- Admission tests
- GREMinimum GRE verbal 153 / quantitative-verbal 297 described as preferred; 4.0 writing acceptable.
- Application route
- OTCAS (as stated by the program)
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
Costs
US dollars as the school publishes them. Each fee keeps its basis (per credit, per term, per year, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted or added up for you.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the school for current tuition, fees and other mandatory costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, application deadline.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 3 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 3 November 2026)