Computer Science at Lehigh University

What traits are you looking for in a compsci school? To help you decide if Lehigh University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's compsci program.

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 7,067.

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

Lehigh Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

Lehigh Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Lehigh is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #95 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Lehigh are white. This is above average 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	80
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Lehigh Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lehigh University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	118

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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

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