Entry-level OTOccupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
Doctorate (entry-level) in Occupational Therapy
Awards: Doctor of Occupational Therapy
University of Missouri · Columbia, Missouri
- Pathway
- Entry-level occupational therapist education
- Coursework
- HybridCampus attendance required
- Duration
- Three years, full-time cohortFull time
- Tuition
- Not published
Entry-level occupational therapist education
About this program
Entry-level OTD completed in a full-time cohort over three years; the first year and a half is on-site and the fall of the third year is entirely online.
- School and department
- University of Missouri
Award and pathway
- Exact official award
- Doctor of Occupational Therapy
- 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
- University of Missouri
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, Columbia, MO (ACOTE school directory listing)
Published term: Last on-site: 2023/2024; Next on-site: 2030/2031
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
- Fieldwork · required24 weeks of Level II fieldwork at sites across Missouri and the United States.
- Capstone · required14-week doctoral capstone experience.
- Level II fieldwork
- 24 weeks of Level II fieldwork in the spring of the second year; 14 weeks of doctoral capstone
- Capstone experience
- 14 weeks
- Placement arrangement
- Placement arrangement not confirmed
- Fieldwork locations
- Not confirmed. We do not assume local placements.
Where: four different places
- Institution headquarters
- Columbia, Missouri
- Teaching campus
- University of Missouri - Columbia
- 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, full-time cohort
- Credits
- 105 credits
Admissions
- Prior study
- Not published
- Prior professional credential
- Not stated
- Minimum GPA
- Not published
- Observation hours
- Not published
- Admission tests
- Not published
- Application route
- Not confirmed
- 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)