Lehigh University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Lehigh University Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Double Major, ESL, External Degree Program, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, Study Abroad, Urban Semester, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Lehigh University is unique in its study options. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Lehigh University.

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Spanish

English Language and Literature:

English Language & Literature – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Predentistry, Premedicine

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Design/Visual Communications, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General, Music History/Literature

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology, Urban Studies

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences, Biopsychology, Cognitive Science, technology & society

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Physical Sciences:

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Popular majors:

twenty-seven percent business per marketing, twenty-six percent engineering, nine percent social sciences, seven percent computer and information sciences, seven percent psychology, five percent biology

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, Logistics/Materials Management, Management Science, Marketing Management

Communications & Journalism:

Journalism

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology, Ecology, Molecular Biology

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of January. Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 60. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $1,300 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall.

Lehigh University Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of sixty dollars regular application fee, sixty dollars out-of-state application fee, sixty dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. An instance of this, there were two hundred and twelve total number of transfer students who applied and ninety-four total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 41% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 95%. Remember that this can change at any time.

Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 15th of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of January. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 31st of January and It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 1st of February. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application is due the 1st of January. Transfer students must apply no later than the 1st of May, with priority applications due on the 1st of April. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place.

Lehigh University Financial Aid

Financial aid distribution is at sixty-eight percent scholarships per grants and thirty-two percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Music/Drama and ROTC. Financial aid forms are Business/farm supplement, CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, FAFSA and Noncustodial (divorced/separated) Parents Statement. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Athletics, Minority Status, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency.

Lehigh University Students

Lehigh University offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The university is a Private, University, Four-year, Coed, where 41 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Additionally, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. The school’s size is approximately four thousand, six hundred and fifty-six degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand, two hundred and twenty-three first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two thousand and sixty-nine graduate enrollment. Furthermore, the student body consists of twenty-four percent in-state students, seventy-six percent out-of-state students, forty-two percent women, fifty-eight percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, five percent asian per pacific islander, one percent black per non-hispanic, two percent hispanic, eighty-four percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, five percent race per ethnicity unreported, seventy-eight percent in top 10th of graduating class, ninety-five percent in top quarter of graduating class and one hundred percent in top half of graduating class.

Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, ninety-nine percent of first-year students live in college housing, sixty-nine percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For International Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, five hundred dollars amount of housing deposit and point zero . Definitely, the school is located 50 miles from Philadelphia, 75 miles from New York City.In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as two aberration-corrected electron microscopes, financial service laboratory, broadband seismic station, multidirectional experimental laboratory, electron optical labs, particle accelerator, rock climbing wall. This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Lehigh University Athletics

The Mountain Hawks are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IAA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling