Lehigh University

Lehigh University was established in 1865 as a four-year technical school. The main campus of the university sits upon 1,600 acres in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and includes around 150 buildings. In addition to its main campus, the university runs the Mountaintop Campus and the Murray H. Goodman Campus. Lehigh University is divided into the following colleges:

College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business and Economics
College of Education
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science

Lehigh University has officially recognized a number of fraternities and sororities. Some of the Greek organizations at Lehigh are Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma, Delta Upsilon, Chi Psi, Phi Kappa Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Theta Chi, Gamma Phi Beta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Xi, Lambda Theta Alpha, Alpha Gamma Delta and Pi Beta Phi.

Campus Location

27 Memorial Dr W
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
Main Tel: (610) 758-3000
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in engineering, science, business and management, and computer science and engineering.
High faculty salary.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Selective admissions.
Large number of students.
High male/female ratio.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	1,092	73
Master	522	56
Doctorale	98	38

Students

Student enrollment was 6,845 in 2007-2008 (6,251 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 64% of enrolled students and graduate students are 36%.

About 3% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 97% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 37,550
Room	$ 5,660
Board	$ 4,110
Books and supplies	$ 1,000
Other	$ 1,220

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

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

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Lehigh:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	7,261
2	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	9,844
3	Rice University	Houston, TX	5,161
4	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	6,566
5	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	19,800
6	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	5,849
7	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	19,782
8	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	10,326
9	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, IL	7,277
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	10,220

Housing and Meals

Lehigh provides on-campus housing for 2,490 of its 6,251 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Patriot League for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 124 male students received the aid (men were 64% of those receiving aid) and 70 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 36% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	26%
Women	30%
All	28%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	590-680
Math	640-720

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (39 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (417 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
Business/Commerce
Business/Managerial Economics
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Finance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Science
Marketing/Marketing Management
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (94 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies

DESIGN (17 awarded)

Design and Applied Arts
Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (162 awarded)

Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Education
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Elementary Education and Teaching
Reading Teacher Education
Secondary Education and Teaching
Special Education and Teaching
Student Counseling and Personnel Services

ENGINEERING (406 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Polymer/Plastics Engineering
Structural Engineering
Systems Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

Engineering Technologies/Technicians

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (202 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Asian Studies/Civilization
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
German Language and Literature
History
International Relations and Affairs
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Studies
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs

MATHEMATICS (30 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (41 awarded)

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
Journalism

MEDICINE (29 awarded)

Neuroscience
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD)
Pre-Dentistry Studies
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (6 awarded)

Music Theory and Composition
Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (6 awarded)

Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (155 awarded)

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biopsychology
Chemistry
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
Geology/Earth Science
Molecular Biology
Physics
Science, Technology and Society

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (85 awarded)

Cognitive Science
Counseling Psychology
Psychology
School Psychology