2025 Best Art Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in art therapy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #427 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for art therapy students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 bachelor's degrees in art therapy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to art therapy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other art therapy students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized art therapy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for art therapy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Art Therapy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Art Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Art Therapy in Pennsylvania

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for art therapy students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Art Therapy

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

21 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in art therapy has to check out Temple University. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in art therapy from Temple University

2

Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA

7 Annual Graduates

Mercyhurst University is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in art therapy. Located in the small city of Erie, Mercyhurst is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in art therapy from Mercyhurst University

Best Art Therapy Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Art Therapy Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	9
Maryland	370	0
New Jersey	351	13

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Art Therapy Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Art Therapy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	151
Rehabilitation Science	150
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	112
Music Therapy	55
Occupational Therapy	52
Physical Therapy/Therapist	35
Animal-Assisted Therapy	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.