Lesley University Business Programs

Lesley University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The location of Lesley is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Lesley University?

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LesleyUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/lesley_u

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?

With an acceptance rate of 84%, Lesley may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 22% of accepted students are men and 78% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Can I Afford Lesley University?

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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Lesley, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $11,342 a year. That adds up to $45,368 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lesley is 3.2%. 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

There are 1,861 undergraduate students at Lesley, with 1,394 being full-time and 467 being part-time.

There are also 2,339 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,394 full-time undergraduates at Lesley, 22% are male and 78% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	93
Black or African American	116
Hispanic or Latino	244
White	767
International Students	65
Other Races/Ethnicities	109

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

In 2019-2020, 4,200 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.

This school is the 32nd most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Lesley Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lesley University was $29,550 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Lesley is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Interior Design Management	#73	#73

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 #242 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Lesley regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Lesley ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interior Design Management	#14
General Business Administration and Management	#100
Business Administration & Management	#133

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%.

Lesley University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	42	0	42
General Business Administration and Management	0	8	8
TOTAL	42	8	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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.