by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Lesley University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.
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Lesley is ranked #528 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lesley held the #559 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Lesley is ranked at #30.
Lesley University has an acceptance rate of 86%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Lesley.
The student to faculty ratio at Lesley is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lesley University is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Lesley University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Lesley the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 47%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lesley University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,861 undergraduates at Lesley with 1,394 being full-time and 467 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $26,082 | $24,408 | $31,675 | $31,915 | $34,667 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Lesley, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lesley, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $11,709 a year. That adds up to $46,836 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Lesley are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 29 Everett St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790 |
| Phone: | 617-868-9600 |
| Website: | www.lesley.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mental & Social Health Services | 197 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 152 | $36,897 |
| General Psychology | 89 | $39,211 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 86 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 75 | $35,658 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 70 | $25,227 |
| Special Education | 63 | NA |
| Other Education | 42 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 37 | $46,448 |
| Writing Studies | 37 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 835 students took at least one online class at Lesley University. This is a decrease from the 1,084 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 835 | 575 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,084 | 779 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,200 | 4,200 |
| 2018-2019 | 971 | 510 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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