It all starts with scholarships
When you support occupational therapy scholarships in Phoenix, you help us form a new generation of students ready to serve a region direly in need of health care professionals.
Scholarships help our students manage costs and make ends meet. But more than that, they give them a transformative sense of belonging, purpose and personal growth.
Scholarship support weighs significantly in students' decision to come to Creighton.
Tuition alone doesn’t fully cover what it costs to educate our students. In fact, it only covers about two-thirds of it. Most of our students receive financial aid or scholarships. Last year alone, Creighton awarded nearly 1,900 scholarships to students across all schools and colleges.
Creighton Occupational Therapy
A leader in the field meeting a need in Phoenix.
students
Over 200 occupational therapy, physical therapy and pharmacy students in Phoenix.
in program ranking
Creighton is No. 15 in U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of occupational therapy programs.
in the nation
The first entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program and one of the first post-baccalaureate OTD programs in the country.
OT in Phoenix
In Phoenix (and elsewhere), our OT students and alumni strive to live a life of service, compassion and justice. Since 1985, our department has prepared professionals to translate the values of a Jesuit education into everyday practice.
Creighton OT graduates are a tremendous asset to their patients and communities. Through scholarships, we can form and send even more of them into the profession.
Your support of scholarships will continue to bring the best and brightest students to Phoenix and infuse the area with some of the most practice-ready occupational therapists in the nation.
Meeting a need
Creighton’s 183,000-square-foot, $100 million campus — opened in 2021 at Park Central in midtown Phoenix — serves as a four-year health sciences school for hundreds of students in multiple health care professions.
As Creighton prepares students for a workforce that demands innovative care and service amid a rapidly changing world, scholarships are the key to everything.
Contact a Director of Development
Sallie Peters
Senior Director of Development, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
salliepeters@creighton.edu
402.280.2029
Michael Zirulnik, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Phoenix Development
michaelzirulnik@creighton.edu
602.812.3123
Making a difference
“The University plays a huge role in the community and gives students like me the chance to offer our skills to those most in need. I came to Creighton with the help of scholarships supported by donors like you. No matter how big or small, your gift makes a difference. Your support makes me want to succeed at Creighton because I owe it to you to do my very best.”
— Caroline Schmidt, occupational therapy
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