by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Lesley University took the #308 spot.
Lesley also ranked #19 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Lesley came in at #245.
In addition, Lesley took the #14 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
Women make up 86.9% of the total graduate student body at Lesley while men make you 13.1%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 17.3% of the graduate student population at Lesley. Lesley is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 3.8% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,900 | $18,900 |
| Fees | $150 | $150 |
Master's degree recipients from Lesley earn an average salary of $48,010 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 18% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from Lesley earn an average salary of $91,807 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 22% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Lesley University.
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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/LesleyUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/lesley_u |
Around 31.1% of Lesley graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 27.0% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 15 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 9 |
| Other Psychology | 7 |
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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