Finance at Lehigh University

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what Lehigh University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and approximately 7,067 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

Lehigh Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

Lehigh Finance Rankings

The finance major at Lehigh is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Finance Student Demographics at Lehigh

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Lehigh University.

Lehigh Finance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Lehigh are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	121
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Lehigh Finance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of finance master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from Lehigh, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lehigh University with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Lehigh University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Financial Managers	17,730	$156,730
Financial Analysts	11,980	$93,870
Loan Officers	10,010	$68,280
Personal Financial Advisors	8,590	$109,250

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.