Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering at Lehigh University

If you are interested in studying bioengineering & biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Lehigh University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Lehigh Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering
• Master’s Degree in Bioengineering

Lehigh Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Rankings

The bioengineering major at Lehigh is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioengineering & Biomedical 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioengineering, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioengineering Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of bioengineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioengineering 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 bioengineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lehigh Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of bioengineering master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a bioengineering master's degree from Lehigh, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the bioengineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Bioengineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioengineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Biomedical Engineers	1,340	$78,840

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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