Lehman College Overview
Located in Bronx, New York, Lehman College is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Bronx makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.
What Is Lehman College Known For?
- The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Lehman.
- For the 2019-2020 academic year, 38% of the faculty were full-time.
- Students who graduate from Lehman with a bachelor's degree make about $51,661 a year. That's 27% more than those who graduate from other schools.
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Lehman College Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Lehman.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Lehman has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#2 | Best Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments Graduate Degree Schools | College Factual |
#5 | Best Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Graduate Degree Schools | College Factual |
#15 | Best Reading Teacher Education Graduate Degree Schools | College Factual |
#28 | Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Degree Schools | College Factual |
#64 | Best Special Education Schools | College Factual |
#110 | Best Education Graduate Degree Schools | College Factual |
Where Is Lehman College?

Contact details for Lehman are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx, NY 10468 |
Phone: | 718-960-8000 |
Website: | www.lehman.cuny.edu |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lehman-College/186133461418370 |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/@LehmanCollege |
How Do I Get Into Lehman?
You can apply to Lehman online at: https://www2.cuny.edu/admissions/apply-to-cuny/
Admission Requirements for Lehman
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | required |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Lehman?
Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 43%, and the acceptance rate for women is 50%.
Average Test Scores
About 97% of students accepted to Lehman submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 540. Math scores were between 480 and 540.
Can I Afford Lehman College?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lehman, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $4,057 a year. That adds up to $16,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lehman is 5.5%. 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.
Lehman College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 2,258 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 8,380 full-time undergraduates at Lehman, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lehman College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 604 |
Black or African American | 2,050 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4,946 |
White | 390 |
International Students | 238 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 152 |
Over 170 countries are represented at Lehman. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.
Online Learning at Lehman College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lehman has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 45th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Online Affordability Rankings of Lehman
During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lehman College was $7,410 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $15,360. The following table shows how Lehman is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.
Major | Tuition for In-State Students | Tuition for Out-of-State Students |
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Public Health | #34 | #40 |
Online Affordability Rankings of Lehman Rankings
During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lehman College was $7,410 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $15,360. The following table shows how Lehman 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 |
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Public Health | #13 | #43 |
Health Professions | #22 | #140 |
Business, Management & Marketing | #42 | #84 |
Business Administration & Management | #43 | #121 |
Online Growth Rankings of Lehman
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lehman College was 701.0%. This is the #132 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Lehman regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Lehman majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Business Administration & Management | 14% |
Business, Management & Marketing | 14% |
Education | 4% |
Health Professions | 10% |
Public Health | 28% |
Special Education | 26% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Lehman ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Lehman.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Public Health | #1 | |
Special Education | #19 | |
Health Professions | #28 | |
Business Administration & Management | #31 | |
Education | #40 | |
Business, Management & Marketing | #52 |
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%.
Lehman College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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 Jim.henderson under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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