Post-professionalOccupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
Post-Professional Doctorate (OTD) of Occupational Therapy
Awards: Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California · No campus listed · institution headquartered in California
- Pathway
- Post-professional education
- Coursework
- Online courseworkCampus attendance not confirmed
- Duration
- Not publishedFull time, Part time
- Tuition
- Not published
Post-professional education
About this program
Remote-capable doctorate for practicing OTs, offered with leadership pathways in pedagogy and academic administration, clinical research, policy and administration, and advanced clinical practice, plus a residency.
- School and department
- University of Southern California
- Subject focus
- OT education · Formal concentration
- Rehabilitation research · Formal concentration
- Leadership & admin · Formal concentration
Award and pathway
- Exact official award
- Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy
- Browsing category
- Occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) · OTD
- Professional pathway
- Post-professional education
- Award status
- Credit-bearing academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding institution
- University of Southern California
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.
ACOTEAccreditationNot applicable (post-professional)Stated by the school
Program-level entry-level accreditation does not apply to this kind of program (for example a post-professional certificate or research degree).
Scope: Post-professional programs for existing OTs are outside ACOTE entry-level accreditation; no separate accreditation claim on the page.
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
- Online courseworkCoursework is online. Labs, fieldwork, residencies and capstones may still be in person: check the practical requirements.
- Campus attendance
- Campus attendance not confirmed
- Teaching mode
- Teaching mode not confirmed
- Study intensity
- Full time, Part time
In-person requirements
- On-campus residency · requiredDoctoral residency in a selected practice setting (22 units over three semesters).
- Placement arrangement
- Placement arrangement not confirmed
- Fieldwork locations
- Not confirmed. We do not assume local placements.
Where: four different places
- Institution headquarters
- Los Angeles, California
- Teaching campus
- No campus listed for this program
- 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
- Not published
- Credits
- 36 credits
Admissions
- Prior study
- Not published
- Prior professional credential
- Master's degree in occupational therapy with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (certified or board-eligible OT)
- Minimum GPA
- 3
- 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, duration, 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)