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Lehigh University Overview

Lehigh University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Lehigh University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$51,063 Avg Cost After Aid
46% Acceptance Rate
  • Lehigh has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
  • The 0% student loan default rate at Lehigh is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at Lehigh is the doctor's degree.
  • In <nil>, 84% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Lehigh with a bachelor's degree make about $100,559 a year. That's 146% more than those who graduate from other schools.
  • On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Lehigh to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Lehigh University?

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Contact details for Lehigh are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-758-3000
Website: www.lehigh.edu

How Do I Get Into Lehigh?

You can apply to Lehigh online at: www1.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/apply

Admission Requirements for Lehigh

Submission Required?
High School GPA Recommended
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lehigh?

46% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Lehigh. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 41%, and the acceptance rate for women is 51%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Lehigh submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 645 and 730. Math scores were between 680 and 760.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lehigh University  ( 645 to 730 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Lehigh University  ( 680 to 760 )
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800
Lehigh received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 34. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

ACT English Scores for Lehigh University  ( 31 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Lehigh University  ( 28 to 34 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Lehigh University  ( 30 to 34 )
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36

Can I Afford Lehigh University?

$51,063 Net Price
43% Take Out Loans
0.4% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Lehigh is $51,063. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Lehigh, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $10,074 a year. That adds up to $40,296 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lehigh is 0.4%. 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.

Lehigh University Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,375 Full-Time Undergraduates
46% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 5,451 undergraduate students at Lehigh, with 5,375 being full-time and 76 being part-time.

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There are also 1,812 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,375 full-time undergraduates at Lehigh, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lehigh University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 490
Black or African American 259
Hispanic or Latino 553
White 3,278
International Students 439
Other Races/Ethnicities 356

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Lehigh University. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 89 countries are represented at Lehigh. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Iran.

Online Learning at Lehigh University

482 Took All Classes Online
1,385 Took At Least One Class Online
9.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,385 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lehigh has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 100th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Lehigh

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lehigh University was 9.6%. This is the #1,410 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Lehigh regardless of major.

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%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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