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Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

https://www.lehigh.edu

#59 National Colleges

32.1% Admission Rate
Moderately Selective

5,164 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, primarily residential


By Kenneth C. Zirkel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84030293

Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer. Its undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2019, the university had 5,047 undergraduate students and 1,802 graduate students.

Lehigh has five colleges: the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Health. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest, with 35% of the university's students. The university offers the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering, Master of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".Lehigh alumni and faculty include Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Fulbright Fellows, members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences, National Medal of Science winners, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


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Location

City
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Locale
City: Small (population less than 100,000)

Region
Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 29.7%
Engineering 29.7%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 9.8%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 6.7%
Social Sciences 4.7%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 3.7%
Psychology 3.3%
Physical Sciences 2.7%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 1.9%
Mathematics And Statistics 1.6%
Visual And Performing Arts 1.4%
Architecture And Related Services 1.3%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.2%
Health Professions And Related Programs 0.5%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.5%
History 0.4%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.4%
Natural Resources And Conservation 0.4%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.3%

Cost

Tuition
$55,240.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
38.10%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$29,301.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1380 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 760 710 660
Verbal 690 655 620

ACT Scores

31 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 33 30 27
English 35 33 30