Computer Science at Lehigh University

If you plan to study computer science, 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 Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Lehigh Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Lehigh Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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 computer science, making the school the #95 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical computer science 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 computer science 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 computer science.

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 computer science 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 computer science.

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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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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