Ohio·Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations·SOC 29-1129

Best Therapist, All Other programs in Ohio, ranked by enrollment

All therapists not listed.

12 schools in Ohio run programs that feed this job, graduating 71 people a year. The job pays a median of $70,700 in Ohio across about 540 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledArt TherapistMusic TherapistArt PsychotherapistNeurologic Music TherapistRegistered Art Therapist (ATR)Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC)Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)LCAT (Licensed Creative Arts Therapist)
Graduates / yr
71
in Ohio
Median pay · Ohio
$70,700
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
540
people employed
Schools
12
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
57%
across those schools
Median net price
$22,491
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Ohio that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

4 programs in Ohio that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Ohio (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Ohio page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.2305In Ohio
33
46.5%
6$35,966$26,323
2
CIP 51.2301In Ohio
23
32.4%
3$35,966$26,323
3
CIP 51.2313In Ohio
10
14.1%
2$35,966$26,323
4
CIP 51.2300In Ohio
5
7.0%
1$35,966$26,323

Top 12 schools in Ohio

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 12 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH Public · 1 feeder programs
11Music Therapy/Therapist51%91%
2University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH Public · 1 feeder programs
11Art Therapy/Therapist75%85%
3University of Dayton
Dayton, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
10Music Therapy/Therapist80%$28,56065%
4Hocking College
Nelsonville, OH Public · 1 feeder programs
7Animal-Assisted Therapy37%
5Ohio University - Main Campus
Athens, OH Public · 1 feeder programs
7Music Therapy/Therapist65%85%
6Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
7Art Therapy/Therapist67%$18,31275%
7Capital University
Columbus, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Art Therapy/Therapist60%$22,92070%
8Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, General12%$10,04741%
9Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
3Animal-Assisted Therapy38%$21,06370%
10Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Music Therapy/Therapist67%$25,10476%
11The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Music Therapy/Therapist74%$22,49160%
12Marietta College
Marietta, OH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Music Therapy/Therapist61%$18,56179%

All 12 schools in Ohio

Every school in Ohio with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Ohio that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Cleveland State UniversityClevelandPublic111
University of Cincinnati - Main CampusCincinnatiPublic111
University of DaytonDaytonPrivate not-for-profit101
Hocking CollegeNelsonvillePublic71
Ohio University - Main CampusAthensPublic71
Ursuline CollegePepper PikePrivate not-for-profit71
Capital UniversityColumbusPrivate not-for-profit51
Wilberforce UniversityWilberforcePrivate not-for-profit51
Lake Erie CollegePainesvillePrivate not-for-profit31
Baldwin Wallace UniversityBereaPrivate not-for-profit21
The College of WoosterWoosterPrivate not-for-profit21
Marietta CollegeMariettaPrivate not-for-profit11

What therapists, all other earn in Ohio

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Ohio
$70,700
Mean annual
$88,450
Jobs in state
540
What the range looks like
10th pct$49,660Median$70,70090th pct$161,890
Versus the national median
-9.3%

U.S. median $77,930. Ohio pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.67×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Ohio

Columbus, OH
$90,720median
100 jobs
Akron, OH
$91,080median
40 jobs
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
$62,690median
50 jobs
Cleveland, OH
$62,070median
110 jobs
Toledo, OH
$49,660median
90 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+11.5%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
4,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
6,400
56,100 → 62,500
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Therapists, All Other page.

How to become a Therapist, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionMonitoringActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Ohio

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 10 majors mapped to Therapists, All Other9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 51.2300Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, General
  • 51.2301Art Therapy/Therapist
  • 51.2302Dance Therapy/Therapist
  • 51.2305Music Therapy/Therapist
  • 51.2313Animal-Assisted Therapy
  • 51.2315Drama Therapy/Therapist(no graduates reported)
  • 51.2316Horticulture Therapy/Therapist
  • 51.2317Play Therapy/Therapist
  • 51.2399Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other
  • 51.3601Movement Therapy and Movement Education

Common questions

Answers for people weighing therapists, all other programs in Ohio.

What degree do you need to become a Therapist, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Music Therapy/Therapist, which awarded 33 degrees in Ohio in 2024-25, 46.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Therapist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. Together they graduate about 71 people a year in Ohio.

How much do therapists, all other earn in Ohio?+

The median is $70,700 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.3% below the U.S. median of $77,930. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for therapists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +11.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 4,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Ohio?+

12 institutions in Ohio reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do therapists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Art Therapist, Music Therapist, Art Psychotherapist, Neurologic Music Therapist, Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1129.

Programs in OhioMusic Therapy/Therapist

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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