Art Therapy at New York 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 New York University stacks up to those at other schools.

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Art Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Art Therapy

NYU Art Therapy Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Art Therapy Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Art Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in art therapy from NYU in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a art therapy master's degree from NYU, 63% 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 38% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• 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 New York 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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.