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• Essential Functions
• Information Packet 2026
• Professional Background Checks
• Selection Process
• Transfer Credit

1. Apply to 51����
    
2. Demonstrate college readiness. 51���� uses a variety of ways to assess college readiness that include high school GPA, placement testing, prior college credits and/or standardized test scores. Students must complete ALL prescribed developmental course work with a “C” or better by the beginning of the OTA program. Applicants may be “provisionally accepted” to the OTA program if enrolled in developmental courses and on track to pass with “C” or better in the semester prior to entrance/acceptance to the program.
    
3. Declare the OTA major (contact your advisor)
    
4. Minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA from the most recent academic experience of six credit hours or more
    
5. Attendance at an or meeting with an advisor for the OTA Program is not required but highly recommended. To schedule and appointment:
   * Ashtabula campus: contact Theresa Hootman at thootma1@kent.edu.
   * East Liverpool campus: contact Nina Sullivan, nssulliv@kent.edu.
    
6. Submit the online OTA Program Technical Study Application. THIS IS A SEPARATE APPLICATION FROM THE APPLICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY. Applications open approximately two months prior to the deadline. 
   
   
    
7. Applicants must successfully complete BSCI 11010—Anatomy and Physiology I for Allied Health or equivalent course by the end of the summer semester to be eligible to start the technical part of the program in the fall. Applicants may be “provisionally accepted” to the OTA program if enrolled in A&P I in the summer and on track to pass with “C” or better in the semester prior to entrance/acceptance to the program.

Applications to the East Liverpool campus open February 15 and close April 30, 2026.

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* Important Note: A felony conviction may affect a graduate's ability to sit for the NBCOT Certification examination or obtain state licensure.