A combination of expert faculty, stimulating classes, hands-on learning, career-focused internships and a wide variety of co-curricular choices challenges, inspires and prepares students to become catalysts and leaders in their professions and communities. Students develop an inner awareness among them to the needs of humanity and the skills to bring about constructive change. They are educated to serve in fields that positively impact lives and give hope.

Lesley University’s commitment to experiential learning is unsurpassed. From internships to innovative one- and two-week travel study programs, to unique ecological programs that give students the opportunity to spend 4 semesters in different global environments, each Lesley student completes 450 – 650 hours of field study and learning....read more

Not lectures - discussions. That’s the predominant model for classroom learning which is made easier by Lesley’s small class sizes. As a result, deep discussions and close interactions are common, with classroom discussions frequently tied back to each student’s out-of-classroom learning experiences. ...read more

Lesley students never miss an opportunity to get involved – politically, socially or culturally, which makes the school’s Boston/Cambridge location ideal. Opportunities for making new friends in “America’s college town” are ample too; Lesley students are among the nearly 230,000 who study in Boston annually....read more

Lesley’s emphasis on real world experience, leadership skill building and civic engagement makes their graduates highly employable - 95% land jobs in their chosen fields within six months of graduation. Approximately one third of Lesley students continue on to graduate programs...read more