The Occupational Therapy program is accredited by Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 4720 Montgomery Lane, PO Box31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220. AOTA's phone number is 301-652 AOTA. The web site is www.aota.org <http://www.aota.org>. Graduates are eligible to take the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this examination, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). Most states require licensure to practice, and state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination.

Any arrest, charge, or conviction for a felony or a misdemeanor may not only affect a student's ability to attend certain clinical sites for clinical education and fieldwork, it may also affect a graduate's ability to sit for the certification examination or obtain state licensure.

The total number of graduates who passed the certification exam as first time new graduate test takers in 2004-2007 was 53 out of 54 which is a 98.1% pass rate.