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Lesley University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

$41,627 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
87% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Lesley University?

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Contact details for Lesley are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 29 Everett St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
Phone: 617-868-9600
Website: www.lesley.edu

How Do I Get Into Lesley?

You can apply to Lesley online at: www.lesley.edu/admissions-aid/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for Lesley

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lesley?

87% Acceptance Rate
76% Of Accepted Are Women
Lesley has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 76% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Can I Afford Lesley University?

$41,627 Net Price
60% Take Out Loans
1.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Lesley is $41,627. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Lesley, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $6,965 a year. That adds up to $27,860 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lesley is 1.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Lesley University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,322 Full-Time Undergraduates
76% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,757 undergraduate students at Lesley, with 1,322 being full-time and 435 being part-time.

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There are also 2,253 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,322 full-time undergraduates at Lesley, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lesley University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 76
Black or African American 86
Hispanic or Latino 211
White 777
International Students 58
Other Races/Ethnicities 114

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Lesley University. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 45 countries are represented at Lesley. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Japan.

Online Learning at Lesley University

779 Took All Classes Online
1,084 Took At Least One Class Online
197.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,084 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lesley has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Lesley

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lesley University was 197.5%. This is the #201 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Lesley regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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