Art Therapy at Hofstra University

If you are interested in studying art therapy/therapist, you may want to check out the program at Hofstra University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and has a total student population of 10,444.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Art Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

Hofstra Art Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Art Therapy

Hofstra Art Therapy Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Art Therapy Student Demographics at Hofstra

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the art therapy majors at Hofstra University.

Hofstra Art Therapy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students graduated with a master's degree in art therapy from Hofstra. About 5% were men and 95% were women.

Of the students who received a art therapy master's degree from Hofstra, 64% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the art therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hofstra University with a master's in art therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Occupational Therapy

Careers That Art Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in art therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Therapists	660	$72,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dan14641 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.