unitid 213543 · Bethlehem, PA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Lehigh University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,839
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
26%
8th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
5,898
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
88%
finish within 150% time
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$80,856
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$36,931
after aid, aided students
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$105,584
after entry, Title IV students
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$21,960
32nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $16,917 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k15%
- 30-48k10%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $90,738
- First-generation students
- 17%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $64,980
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 193 | $134,072 | $23,250 |
| Computer Science. | 147 | $129,863 | $23,854 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 72 | $101,225 | $24,950 |
| Psychology, General. | 63 | $75,622 | $21,160 |
| Marketing. | 60 | $105,601 | $20,534 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 58 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 55 | $75,938 | $23,128 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 53 | $118,286 | $23,179 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 48 | $120,356 | $24,019 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 47 | $110,208 | $23,240 |
| Civil Engineering. | 45 | $90,786 | $27,000 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 42 | $107,647 | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.