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Overview

If you’re committed to fulfilling a greater purpose for your life and bringing about great change in the world, Lesley University is for you. Our focus on experiential learning, citizenship, and close collaboration between faculty and students, results in an action-oriented environment that fosters real change in our students and prepares them to bring about real change in the world.

Lesley University offers undergraduate and advanced degrees that prepare women and men to become leaders in education, human services, the arts, environmental studies and a variety of other professional fields. Lesley is a national leader in quality teacher preparation. The University prepares more teachers than any other private institution in Massachusetts and is one of the largest providers of graduate education for classroom educators in the U.S.

Lesley has also pioneered programs in many other fields including Expressive Therapies, Integrated Teaching Through the Arts, and Art Therapy, and offers one of the nation’s most extraordinary environmental education experiences through its Audubon Expedition Institute.

The university is home to a number of important centers and institutes that conduct research, help shape public policy, and provide continuing education and professional development opportunities across a wide range of disciplines including:

• Math
• Special education
• Literacy

• Conflict resolution
• Evaluation and research
• Families, children and social policy

At a Glance

• Founded: 1909
• Total Enrollment: 12,344
  • Undergraduates: 1,702
  • Master’s, C.A.G.S., Ph.D. students: 9.557
  • Non-Matriculating Students: 1,085
• Total Alumni: 64,184
• Annual Budget: $90,000,000
• Campus locations:
  • Boston, MA
  • Cambridge, MA
  • Greely, CO
  • Israel
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Over 150 sites in 22 states
• Accreditation:
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  • National Association of Schools of Art and Design