Accreditation

The entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located 7501 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814. Contact information includes: telephone number (301) 652-6611, email: accred@aota.org and web address is www.acoteonline.org. UNMC has full accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Colleges.

Graduates of accredited programs are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). Each of the 50 United States require students to have graduated from a professional occupational therapy education program that includes supervised field work and is accredited by a national accreditation agency approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. The UNMC Occupational Therapy program meets educational requirements to apply for certification or licensure in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.