Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at Lesley University

What traits are you looking for in a mental health counseling/counselor school? To help you decide if Lesley University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's mental health counseling/counselor program.

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 4,200 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor section at the bottom of this page.

Lesley Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
• Doctorate Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Lesley Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

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In 2021, 187 students received their master’s degree in mental health counseling/counselor from Lesley. This makes it the #4 most popular school for mental health counseling/counselor master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in mental health counseling/counselor, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at Lesley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at Lesley University.

Lesley Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

Of the 187 mental health counseling/counselor students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Lesley, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from Lesley, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lesley University with a master's in mental health counseling/counselor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	125
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Lesley also has a doctoral program available in mental health counseling/counselor. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Lesley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.