Art Therapy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #465 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of art therapy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 226 degrees in art therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of art therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the art therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in art therapy has to take a look at Temple University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in art therapy needs to check out Drexel University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Carlow University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in art therapy. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carlow is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 61st out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 132 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Carlow in the most recent year we have data available.
Marywood University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in art therapy. Located in the small city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #944 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Marywood is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Marywood in the most recent year we have data available.
Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Allentown. This college ranks 63rd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 12 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Cedar Crest in the most recent data year.
Seton Hill is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Greensburg. This university ranks 79th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 27 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Erie. This university ranks 87th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 4 art therapy students who graduated with this degree at Mercyhurst in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of art therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
