Accreditation & Student Outcomes

Accreditation 
The entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program has been granted Pre-Accreditation Status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org.

The program has successfully completed the required Self-Study and Pre-Accreditation Review. We look forward to an on-site evaluation in Fall 2023, the final step toward achieving accreditation status. The program must be granted Accreditation Status before our graduates will be 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). In addition, all states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate's ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.

Student Outcomes

The Duke OTD inaugural cohort graduates in 2024. At that time, program results from the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) will be available online at https://secure.nbcot.org/data/schoolstats.aspx.

Student Retention