Lehigh University
Lehigh University admitted 26% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1370–1500 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $25,272 a year. Within six years, 85% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 26%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1370–1500
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $84,497 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $25,272 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $14,290 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $67,920 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 85%
- Students who return for a second year
- 94%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $116,342 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,371
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,898
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 21%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 23%
- Engineering
- 22%
- Computer and information sciences
- 13%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
- Social sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Trinity University TX · 26% admitted
- Villanova University PA · 27% admitted
- Macalester College MN · 28% admitted
- Reed College OR · 25% admitted
- University of Florida FL · 24% admitted
- Kenyon College OH · 31% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.