Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · Private nonprofit · 5,898 undergrads (medium, city) · website ↗

Test-optional
$75 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$16,917
$30,000 – $48,000	$17,140
$48,000 – $75,000	$18,722
$75,000 – $110,000	$22,184
Over $110,000	$48,751
All incomes (average)	$36,931

Sticker tuition and fees: $64,980 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Lehigh University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$18,180
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$18,180
Books and supplies	$1,000
Other expenses, on campus	$1,500
Other expenses, off campus	$1,500

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (1,511 of them) in 2022–23; 71% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	59%	$43,644
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	18%	$5,362
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	56%	$43,478
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	40%	$4,973

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 26%
Average SAT: 1440
Median ACT: 32
Students with Pell grants: 18%
Graduation rate (6yr): 88%
Freshman retention: 94%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $105,584
Median debt at graduation: $21,960
International undergrads: 441 (7.6%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $75
Students per faculty member: 10 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 85%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 680–730
SAT Math: 690–770
ACT composite: 31–34

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Not considered
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Considered if submitted
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Considered if submitted

First-time applicants: 18,415
Admitted: 5,389
Enrolled: 1,531

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business23%

Engineering22%

Computer Science13%

Biology & Life Sciences7%

Social Sciences7%

Psychology6%

Health & Nursing4%

Physics & Chemistry3%

Architecture2%

Visual & Performing Arts2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (28)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Finance and Financial Management Services	218	$84,219	$127,210national $83,343	$21,300
Computer Science	149	$95,778	$141,691national $107,009	$22,230
Mechanical Engineering	89	$79,252	$96,618national $92,135	$21,906
Psychology, General	74	$52,794	$74,939national $50,706	$19,620
Biology, General	65	$39,722	$75,611national $57,214	$21,794
Industrial Engineering	56	$84,946	$121,498national $98,442	$19,000
Accounting and Related Services	56	$83,966	$125,874national $76,194	$19,000
Public Health	54	—	—national $58,808	$21,994
Marketing	52	$66,225	$98,320national $69,303	$23,250
Business/Managerial Economics	48	$65,461	$113,630national $77,981	$20,500
Political Science and Government	47	$58,633	$90,302national $63,293	$23,077
Chemical Engineering	37	$87,008	$101,720national $98,158	$21,500
Business/Commerce, General	37	$70,545	$107,079national $68,407	$19,500
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	34	$80,379	$106,260national $93,451	$20,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	34	—	$98,481national $68,257	—
Journalism	25	$65,957	$81,935national $56,278	$23,250
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	24	—	—national $62,451	$18,625
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	24	—	$91,697national $50,532	—
Civil Engineering	23	$75,104	$91,856national $86,517	$25,000
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	23	—	—national $65,466	$23,250
Computer and Information Sciences, General	21	$83,465	$116,999national $92,374	$19,500
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	21	—	$108,503national $100,647	$22,625
Computer Engineering	20	—	$116,214national $109,015	$19,500
International Relations and National Security Studies	18	—	$79,569national $66,596	—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	16	—	$72,978national $60,190	—
English Language and Literature, General	11	—	$71,474national $48,590	—
Materials Engineering	8	—	$97,904national $91,449	—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	—	$85,013	—national $53,072	—

Master's degrees (11)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	65	$129,715	$153,638national $103,485	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	27	$68,542	$85,017national $71,685	—
Business/Commerce, General	17	$77,816	—national $125,988	—
Civil Engineering	16	$80,862	$92,139national $98,323	—
Engineering-Related Fields	16	—	$86,268national $125,651	—
Educational/Instructional Media Design	15	$64,143	—national $70,644	—
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	15	—	$55,728national $60,111	—
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	14	—	$106,767national $133,654	—
Industrial Engineering	13	$83,939	$120,033national $119,184	—
Special Education and Teaching	11	$61,308	—national $64,397	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	11	$52,636	$61,708national $59,916	—

Graduate certificates (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	—	$74,266	—national $65,226	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 146 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (610) 758-3000
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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