Art Therapy at Mercyhurst University

What traits are you looking for in a art therapy school? To help you decide if Mercyhurst University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's art therapy program.

Mercyhurst is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,790 students attend the school each year. Of the 63 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst University in 2021, 4 of them were art therapy/therapist majors.

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.

Mercyhurst Art Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art Therapy

Mercyhurst Art Therapy Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The art therapy major at Mercyhurst 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	15
Most Focused Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
	23
Best Value Art Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Art Therapy Schools	33
	36
Most Popular Art Therapy Schools	37
Best Value Art Therapy Schools	53

Art Therapy Student Demographics at Mercyhurst

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

Mercyhurst Art Therapy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in art therapy from Mercyhurst. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in art therapy at Mercyhurst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Music 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 PA, the home state for Mercyhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Therapists	140	$53,930

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.