Master’s degree · MA
Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Music Therapy Specialization (low residency)
Lesley University · Expressive Therapies (Music Therapy Specialization) · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Official award
- Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Music Therapy Specialization)MA
- Subject
- Music Therapy (concentration)
- Format
- Low residency3 years
- Tuition
- Not published
Low-residency program
About this program
Low-residency option of the counseling master's with a music therapy specialization: online coursework with a two-week summer residency in Cambridge each summer; internships can be completed in the student's home community.
- Department
- Expressive Therapies (Music Therapy Specialization)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
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- Official award
- Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Music Therapy Specialization)MA
- Award family
- MAA Master of Arts. It is not relabelled as a Master of Music.
- Qualification level
- Master’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Therapy | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music Therapy SpecializationHow students choose it is not published“Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)”Source |
Professional pathway
Academic study and professional licensure or clinical registration are different things. This is recorded exactly as the program states it.
- Type
- Music therapy professional pathway
- What the page says
- The page says the degree prepares graduates to become a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Massachusetts and a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC); the program is stated as approved by the American Music Therapy Association.Source
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
Qualifications and professional recognition vary by country and program. Confirm requirements with the relevant professional body before enrolling.
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- Low residencyMostly distance study with required periods on site (residencies). It is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Distance study with required residencies
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Yes
- Campus residencies or workshops
- a 2-week summer residency in Cambridge, MA every summer
- Residency frequency
- every summer
- Residency length
- 2-week
- Residency location
- Cambridge, MA
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Not published
- Online components
- Online coursework in the fall and spring semesters with a mix of synchronous and asynchronous learning
- Additional residency costs
- Not published
- Local placement
- Internships can be completed in home community
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 3 years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Lesley University campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)