Art Therapy at Lesley University

Every art therapy/therapist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the art therapy program at Lesley University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 4,200 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 art therapy majors received their bachelor's degree from Lesley.

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.

Lesley Art Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art Therapy

Lesley Art Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the art therapy progam at Lesley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The art therapy major at Lesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Art Therapy Schools	5
Most Focused Art Therapy Schools	10
Most Focused Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
	37
Best Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Value Art Therapy Schools	63
Best Art Therapy Schools	63
	64

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in art therapy from Lesley. This is the #30 most popular school for art therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Art Therapy Student Demographics at Lesley

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

Lesley Art Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in art therapy from Lesley in 2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical art therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 6% men. So male students are more repesented at Lesley since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in art therapy at Lesley are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art therapy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lesley also has a doctoral program available in art therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 MA, the home state for Lesley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Therapists	480	$76,860

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.