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.

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.