Academic Life at Lehigh University

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Lehigh University: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 10 students for every instructional faculty member, Lehigh University ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. Lehigh University employs 86% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors & Degrees

Lehigh University offers 75 majors with reported completions across 22 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Lehigh University are shown below:

The most popular majors at Lehigh University, measured by graduates, are listed below.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Lehigh University, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Lehigh University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 72 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Lehigh University retains and graduates its students — 94% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics at Lehigh University

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

• Academic Majors at Lehigh University — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty Composition at Lehigh University — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Lehigh University — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at Lehigh University — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at Lehigh University — accreditation status and accrediting bodies