Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University

If you are interested in studying electrical 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. Of the 1,423 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University in 2021, 19 of them were electrical engineering majors.

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

Lehigh Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Lehigh Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The EE major at Lehigh is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	52
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools	139
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools	173
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in EE from Lehigh. This makes it the #121 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Lehigh EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lehigh is $74,161. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of EE bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its EE bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lehigh Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

The EE program at Lehigh awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lehigh also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Computer Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE 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
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineers	4,850	$96,550
Electronics Engineers	3,760	$98,130
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870

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.