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CUNY Lehman College

Lehman College was established in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College. In 1968, it became an independent college. It is administered by the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The college was named for Herbert Lehman, the former New York governor and an U.S senator. Lehman College's campus covers more than 35 acres in Bronx, New York, and is located near the Jerome Park Reservoir.

Lehman College has over 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and is divided into various academic units. Some of these are journalism, communication and theatre, counseling, leadership, literacy and special education, physics and astronomy, and mathematics and computer science. Scholarships offered by the college include the Lehman College Academic Scholarship, Native American Scholarship Aid, Peter F. Vallone Academic Scholarship, and many more.

There are a wide variety of active student organizations at Lehman College including the National Association of Black Accountants, African Students Association, Italian Club, Musical Performance Club, and Student Theatre Association.

Campus Location

Bedford Park Blvd W
Bronx, NY 10468
USA
Main Tel: (718) 960-8000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

CUNY Lehman College Highlights

Where CUNY Lehman College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • Many students concentrating in medical adminstration, nursing and emergency medicine, education and teaching, fine arts, and family and social work.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Large number of students.
  • Selective admissions.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Affordable tuition & fees.
  • High female/male ratio.
  • Racially diverse student body.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • Many mature (40+ year old) students.

Other important characteristics:

  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Study abroad option
  • Distance learning available
  • Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor1,29240
Master67427
Post-master's certificate136

Lehman College Students

The student enrollment at Lehman College was 10,922 in 2007 (7,797 full-time equivalent).

About 26% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 74% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students and graduate students are 20%.

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 4,290
Out-of-state tuition and fees$ 8,930
Books and supplies$ 938

Financial Aid: Lehman College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  217
Without tenure; working toward tenure  111
Without tenure; tenure not available  35

Housing and Meals

On-campus housing is not available.

Lehman College Athletics

Lehman College is in the City University of New York Athletic Conference for major sports.

Lehman College Admissions (2007)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men31%
Women37%
All35%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal400-500
Math410-500

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (224 awarded)

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (60 awarded)

  • Computer Science
  • Information Science/Studies

DESIGN (8 awarded)

  • Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (10 awarded)

  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (579 awarded)

  • Art Teacher Education
  • Bilingual and Multilingual Education
  • Business Teacher Education
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Health Teacher Education
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Spanish Language Teacher Education
  • Special Education and Teaching
  • Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (181 awarded)

  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
  • Social Work

FINE ARTS (37 awarded)

  • Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (370 awarded)

  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Comparative Literature
  • Economics
  • English Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • History
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Latin American Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Political Science and Government
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (11 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MEDIA (49 awarded)

  • Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (57 awarded)

  • Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (95 awarded)

  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (3 awarded)

  • Music Performance

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (173 awarded)

  • Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Nursing
  • Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (13 awarded)

  • Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (5 awarded)

  • Philosophy

SCIENCE (16 awarded)

  • Biology/Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Geology/Earth Science

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (88 awarded)

  • Psychology

Selected Careers of Interest

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