unitid 166452 · Cambridge, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Lesley University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,133
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
97%
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,122
55th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
42nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
58%
finish within 150% time
51st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$51,538
59th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$31,152
after aid, aided students
84th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$51,173
after entry, Title IV students
45th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$21,000
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $24,799 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k19%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $51,995
- First-generation students
- 29%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $34,256
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 148 | $54,774 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 87 | $60,443 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 63 | $51,256 | $26,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 59 | $67,360 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 50 | $55,286 | $23,848 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 47 | $41,991 | $30,057 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 45 | $68,653 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 38 | $54,738 | $17,918 |
| Education, General. | 32 | $82,665 | — |
| Education, Other. | 30 | $65,874 | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 30 | — | $26,000 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 27 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.