Student Population at Lehigh

Total Enrollment

7,692

Undergraduate

5,911

Graduate

1,781

Online Enrollment

377

Men Students

3,975

Women Students

3,717

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 7,692 students have enrolled at Lehigh University - 5,911 undergraduate and 1,781 graduate.

By gender, 3,975 male and 3,717 female students are attending Lehigh University. By attendance status, there are 6,876 full-time students and 816 part-time students.

The number of students at Lehigh University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as California Institute of Technology and Princeton University, its population is very small (average population is 17,023).

Lehigh University offers online degree/certificate programs and 377 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Lehigh's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania.

Lehigh has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 17,023 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (2,751 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Lehigh University	7,692	5,911	1,781
Similarly Ranked Schools	17,023	7,032	9,991
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania	2,751	2,277	1,010

The below chart compares the student population between Lehigh University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 3,975 male and 3,717 female students attending Lehigh. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.07 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Lehigh.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Lehigh
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,911	5,823	88
Men	3,075	3,018	57
Women	2,836	2,805	31

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Lehigh
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,781	1,053	728
Men	900	578	322
Women	881	475	406

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,392 White students (57.10%) and 766 Hispanic students (9.96%) at Lehigh University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Lehigh University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lehigh University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	0	5
Asian	635	293	342
Black or African American	293	153	140
Hispanic	652	319	333
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	3	3
White	3,522	1,851	1,671
Two or More Races	258	134	124
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	146	80	66
Total	5,911	3,075	2,836

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lehigh University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	86	43	43
Black or African American	53	25	28
Hispanic	114	51	63
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	870	396	474
Two or More Races	15	7	8
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	42	19	23
Total	1,781	900	881

Online Student Population

At Lehigh University, 667 students (8.67% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 377 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 206 students live in Pennsylvania where Lehigh University is located in and 136 students have enrolled from other states.