Which Lesley University major has the lowest debt?

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $17,918 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Lesley University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Lesley University cost?

Tuition and fees are $34,256 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $31,152 a year.

How many Lesley University programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Lesley University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Lesley University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Cambridge, MA
1,122 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Lesley University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Business Administration pays the most in the first year ($46,448), and Visual and Performing Arts the least ($20,600). The median program pays $36,897.

Tuition and fees$34,256Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$31,152Per year

Graduation rate58%Within 6 years

Admission rate97%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Business AdministrationAbout 14 graduates a year	$46,448	$76,642	$20,500	22nd of 32
2	PsychologyAbout 50 graduates a year	$39,211	$55,286	$23,848	7th of 32
3	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 9 graduates a year	$38,516	Not reported	$21,250	2nd of 4
4	EnglishAbout 9 graduates a year	$38,442	$58,722	$24,750	9th of 28
5	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$38,404	$49,560	$26,000	3rd of 4
6	Teacher EducationAbout 38 graduates a year	$36,897	$54,738	$17,918	10th of 13
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 47 graduates a year	$35,658	$41,991	$30,057	9th of 12
8	Film and PhotographyAbout 15 graduates a year	$31,846	$44,851	$26,974	3rd of 6
9	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 18 graduates a year	$28,787	$37,868	$23,000	5th of 5
10	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 63 graduates a year	$25,227	$51,256	$26,500	12th of 14
11	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 30 graduates a year	$20,600	Not reported	$26,000	4th of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Business Administration$46,448
Psychology$39,211
Human Development and Family Studies$38,516
English$38,442
Clinical and Counseling Psychology$38,404

Lowest median debt

Teacher Education$17,918
Business Administration$20,500
Human Development and Family Studies$21,250
Rehabilitation and Therapy$23,000
Psychology$23,848

Largest programs

Design and Applied ArtsAbout 63 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 50 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 47 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 38 graduates a year
Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 30 graduates a year

Common questions

Business Administration graduates earn a median of $46,448 in their first year, the most of 11 Lesley University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels