Art Therapy at New York University

Every art therapy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the art therapy program at New York University stacks up to those at other schools.

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Art Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

NYU Art Therapy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Art Therapy

NYU Art Therapy Rankings

Art Therapy Student Demographics at NYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the art therapy majors at New York University.

NYU Art Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of art therapy master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 7% men graduate in art therapy each year. NYU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a art therapy master's degree from NYU, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the art therapy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 28% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in art therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Occupational Therapy

Careers That Art Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in art therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Therapists	660	$72,900

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.