2025 Best Art Therapy Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on majoring in art therapy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #465 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Art Therapy Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 54 degrees in art therapy to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Art Therapy Schools List

Art Therapy Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Art Therapy Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Art Therapy in the New England Region

The schools below may not offer all types of art therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Art Therapy

1

Springfield College
Springfield, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30.0% Growth in Graduates

Springfield College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in art therapy. Located in the city of Springfield, Springfield College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in art therapy from Springfield College

2

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in art therapy needs to check out Lesley University. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a degree in art therapy from Lesley University

Best Art Therapy Colleges by State

Explore the best art therapy colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	51
Connecticut	538	9

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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.

Majors Similar to Art Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	1,081
Physical Therapy/Therapist	1,030
Rehabilitation Science	113
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	61
Orthotist/Prosthetist	51
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	45
Music Therapy	37
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling	17
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	5

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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.

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