Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 5,898 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 26%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $25,272per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 86%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $116,34210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
The Lehigh Commitment provides a full tuition grant to undergraduate students from families with total incomes under $75,000.
Lehigh requires all second-year students to live on campus.
Source: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Fraternity & Sorority Housing
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 26%About 3 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1370–1500Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 31–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Lehigh University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 29%5,601 admitted of 19,342 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 47%966 admitted of 2,040. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 4%80 admitted of 1,988 who stayed on the wait list (4,083 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1380–148033% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 31–3410% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 60%87% were in the top quarter.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
Important
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
- Volunteer work
- Showing interest in the school
Considered
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Work experience
Not considered
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Lehigh University Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $25,272full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $84,497sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $67,920Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 86%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $116,34210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,371federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,898Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 21%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA — admits 89%
- Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA — admits 84%
- University of Scranton Scranton, PA — admits 81%
- Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA — admits 81%
Also worth a look
- Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC — admits 22%
- University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN — admits 11%
- Smith College Northampton, MA — admits 21%
- Duke University Durham, NC — admits 6%
- Trinity University San Antonio, TX — admits 26%
- Brown University Providence, RI — admits 5%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Lehigh University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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