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Most Popular Schools for Orthotist/Prosthetist Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals, in consultation with physicians and other therapists, to design and fit orthoses for patients with disabling conditions of the limbs and/or spine, and prostheses for patients who have partial or total absence of a limb or significant superficial deformity. Includes instruction in biomechanics, gait analysis, pathomechanics, kinesiology, pathology, neuroanatomy, materials science, diagnostic imaging, patient analysis and measurement, impression taking, model rectification, assistive/restorative technology and engineering applications, product finishing, diagnostic and definitive fitting and alignment, power devices, postoperative management, and patient counseling and follow-up.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Century College 53 3% $6,635
2 Northwestern University 51 1% $74,649
3 University of Hartford 31 2% $56,599
4 Concordia University-Saint Paul 30 2% $35,275
5 Francis Tuttle Technology Center 28 3% N/A
6 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 24 0% $33,503
7 Loma Linda University 23 2% N/A
8 Baylor College of Medicine 20 27% N/A
9 Eastern Michigan University 20 0% $26,196
10 Spokane Falls Community College 17 1% $4,681
11 Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology 15 2% $13,992
12 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 14 0% $28,776
13 Baker College 14 0% $21,000
14 NHTI-Concord's Community College 13 2% $21,792
15 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 13 5% N/A
16 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 12 0% $27,638
17 St Petersburg College 12 0% $4,282
18 Alabama State University 8 1% $22,110

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Orthotist/Prosthetist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.