The Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Transfer Team and campus community members will be on hand at Notre Dame College on Wednesday, March 13 from 12:30 – 5 p.m. to meet with you and help you with the application process. You will also learn about credit transferring, explore scholarship opportunities and discover what it is like to be a student at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹.
The OTA program admits two cohorts of 25 students each in the spring of each year to the technical study portion of the program for a fall start. One cohort includes the full-time and part-time hybrid tracks with labs at the Ashtabula campus. The other cohort includes the full-time and part-time traditional face-to-face tracks with lectures and labs held on the East Liverpool campus. If there are more qualified applicants than available student slots, applicants will be ranked on a point scale.
Incoming students of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program must acknowledge the mandatory federal and civilian background checks that are administered with acceptance into the program. Following notification of acceptance, but prior to the end of the first semester, students must submit documentation of these background checks. This process must be repeated during the second year for Ohio licensure.
Essential functions describe required skills and abilities for completion of the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and to work as a generalist occupational therapy assistant. This list is a summary of essential functions students are required to meet throughout program coursework and fieldwork experiences. Additional information can be found at
Please be aware that your full cost of attendance consists of tuition and fees, as well as food and housing (if living on the Kent Campus), books, course materials, supplies and equipment, transportation and personal expenses for the terms in which you plan to be enrolled. Of these components, the expenses directly owed to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University include tuition and fees. For students living on the Kent Campus, this also includes housing and meal costs. For commuter students who purchase a meal plan, it includes the cost of that plan.
To be eligible for graduation the student must:
