OTABachelor’s degree
Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) major
Awards: Bachelor degree, Occupational Therapy Assistant major (exact award title not stated)
University of Southern Maine · Lewiston, Maine
- Pathway
- Occupational therapy assistant education
- Coursework
- On campusCampus attendance not confirmed
- Duration
- Not publishedFull time
- Tuition
- Not published
Occupational therapy assistant education
About this program
New baccalaureate-level OTA major; ACOTE lists it as preaccreditation, so graduates are not yet eligible for the OTA certification exam.
- School and department
- University of Southern Maine
Award and pathway
- Exact official award
- Bachelor degree, Occupational Therapy Assistant major (exact award title not stated)
- Browsing category
- Bachelor’s degree · BS
- Professional pathway
- Occupational therapy assistant education
- Award status
- Credit-bearing academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding institution
- University of Southern Maine
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.
ACOTEAccreditationPreaccreditationVerified in official record
The program has preaccreditation status. It is not fully accredited and has not yet enrolled graduates who are eligible on that basis.
Scope: ACOTE directory entry: University of Southern Maine, OTA Baccalaureate, Portland, ME
Published term: Next on-site: 2027/2028
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
- On campusCoursework is taught at the listed campus.
- Campus attendance
- Campus attendance 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.
- Level II fieldwork
- 16 weeks of Level II fieldwork plus a baccalaureate project within 12 months after the didactic portion
- Placement arrangement
- Placement arrangement not confirmed
- Fieldwork locations
- Not confirmed. We do not assume local placements.
Where: four different places
- Institution headquarters
- Maine
- Teaching campus
- Lewiston-Auburn Campus
- Fieldwork location
- Not confirmed
Duration and credits
- Duration
- Not published
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, 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)