Engineering at Lehigh University

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Lehigh University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and approximately 7,067 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 348 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Lehigh.

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

Lehigh Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Lehigh Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Lehigh performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Lehigh is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	24
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Engineering Schools	31
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	35
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	79
Most Popular Engineering Schools	112
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207

In 2021, 149 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Lehigh. This makes it the #94 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 42 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #80 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 348 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Lehigh in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	213
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

Lehigh Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 149 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Lehigh, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	62
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lehigh also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 42 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lehigh University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	130
Industrial Engineering	96
Civil Engineering	66
Chemical Engineering	66
Biomedical Engineering	46
Electrical Engineering	45
Materials Engineering	38
Computer Engineering	23
Polymer & Plastics Engineering	19
Environmental Engineering	10
Other Engineering	4
Manufacturing Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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.