Lehigh University: Undergraduate Admissions

Lehigh students are engaged and work in a highly collaborative culture, where they are given the opportunity to work closely with faculty and fellow students.

Over 12,100 high school seniors applied for the first year class entering in fall 2007. View a profile (PDF) of the incoming Class of 2011.

SAT ranges of the middle 50% of admitted students were 620–700 for verbal and 660–740 for math. Though it’s not required, the middle 50% of admitted students submitting ACT scores ranged from 29-32.

Our 4,719 undergraduate students come from every state, as well as 48 foreign countries. There are also 2,115 students pursuing graduate degrees at Lehigh.

Lehigh is among the most selective, highly ranked private research universities in the U.S.

Lehigh offers more than 90 undergraduate programs and majors featuring more than 2,000 courses, many of which easily transfer among Lehigh’s 4 colleges.

The average class size at Lehigh is 25-30 students, and 84% of all of our classes have fewer than 30 students. Most large-enrollment courses, including, for example, calculus, economics, and sociology, have small recitation sections in addition to lectures. Enrollment in first-year writing classes is limited to 22. Lehigh’s student-to-faculty ratio is 9:1.

Lehigh confers a total of 11 degrees at the undergraduate and advanced degree level. Undergraduates receive either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

Lehigh’s four colleges: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Economics, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Education

Lehigh faculty members are world-class scholars who are known for their excellence in research

A total of 614 faculty teach at Lehigh University, 443 of whom are full-time faculty. A small student-to-faculty ratio allows faculty to work closely with students spanning Lehigh’s 4 colleges—each of which offers advanced degrees.

About 70% of all full-time faculty are tenured, which means they’ve undergone a rigorous academic review. 99% of full-time faculty hold a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field.

Watch faculty members speak about their new research projects, and about Lehigh's distinctive teaching and learning culture.

Lehigh offers competitive financial aid packages that are awarded on a need- and merit-based system.

Cost of attendance for the 2007-2008 academic year:
Tuition: $35,310
Room and Board: $9,340
Technology Fee: $300

Students can expect to spend approximately $2,010 a year on books, fees, and miscellaneous expenses. There is a laboratory fee of $380 for engineering and science majors.

Lehigh is committed to providing need-based financial aid. More than 50% of Lehigh students receive financial aid. In 2007-2008, Lehigh will award more than $50 million in university grants and scholarships from a variety of sources (institutional, federal, state, external). Many of our institutional scholarships are supported by our endowment, the value of which was in excess of $1 billion at the end of the 2007 fiscal year. Increasing endowed scholarships, strengthening our already substantial ability to make Lehigh affordable for all families, is one of the principal goals of Lehigh's ongoing capital campaign.

Founded in 1865, Lehigh is a co-educational, non-denominational and private university. Located in Bethlehem, Pa., Lehigh is in close proximity to New York City (75 miles) and Philadelphia (50 miles).

Lehigh is comprised of 1,600 acres on 3 contiguous campuses: The Asa Packer Campus, Mountaintop Campus, and Murray H. Goodman Campus.

Lehigh features more than 153 buildings with 4.3 million-plus square feet of classroom, laboratory, office and living space. It also has 180 acres of playing fields and half of the campus is preserved as open space.

Lehigh’s 2 libraries, including the recently renovated Linderman Library, holds more than 1.2 million volumes and 12,000 print and electronic journal subscriptions. There are also 90 scholarly databases available for research.