Healthcare
Art Therapists
Plan or conduct art therapy sessions or programs to improve clients' physical, cognitive, or emotional well-being.
Median salary (BLS)
$77,930
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$47k – $153k
Job outlook
+12% (much faster than average)
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 2 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Art Therapists
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Art Therapists
Entry / Junior
$46,540
~2 yrs to advance
Art Therapists
Established
$77,930
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Art Therapists
Senior
$115,230
Key skills
A typical day
- •Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to art therapy.
- •Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives.
- •Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.
- •Confer with other professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
- •Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.