Editing Lehigh University (section)

==Academics==
{{See also|Lehigh University faculty}}
[[File:Sayre Observatory 1896.jpg|thumb|Sayre Observatory, an 1896 donation to the university]]
[[File:Lehigh University Mountain Top Campus.jpg|thumb|Iacocca Hall, named in honor of Lehigh University alumnus [[Lee Iacocca]]]]
[[File:Conferences lehigh.jpg|thumb|The university's Packard Laboratory in November 2015]]
[[File:Lehigh University Williams Hall.jpg|thumb|Williams Hall in November 2019]]
{{as of|2022}}, Lehigh has 584 full-time faculty members, with 95% holding a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field.<ref name="lufacts" />

The university offers undergraduate enrollment to all its colleges except its College of Education.<ref name="enrollment-data">{{cite web |url=http://www4.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/glance/academics.aspx#Enrollment |title=Chart Showing Undergraduate Enrollment |publisher=.lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009153843/http://www4.lehigh.edu/admissions/undergrad/glance/academics.aspx#Enrollment |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The university operates on a [[academic term|semester system]].<ref name=WSJ24rankings/>

===Colleges===
{{See also|List of Lehigh University engineering highlights}}
==== College of Arts and Sciences ====
Based in Maginnes Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/default.aspx?id=1 |title=College of Arts & Sciences |publisher=Cas.lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121210015202/http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/default.aspx?id=1 |archive-date=December 10, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the College of Arts and Sciences offers a variety of humanities courses and visual arts programs and many music programs, including a marching band, the Wind Ensemble, and the Philharmonic orchestra. It has a dedicated Humanities Center, which is the site for many literature and other arts-based programs, including the Drown Writers Series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lehigh.edu/~indrown/ugrad/activities.html |title=Department of English |publisher=Lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151438/http://www.lehigh.edu/~indrown/ugrad/activities.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{Vague|date=March 2008}}<!-- What is meant by an "active center for discussions"? --> Lehigh also has a program called ArtsLehigh,<ref>[http://cas.lehigh.edu/artslehigh ArtsLehigh] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120710142543/http://cas.lehigh.edu/artslehigh |date=July 10, 2012 }} from the Lehigh website</ref> oriented towards enhancing interest in the arts on campus.

==== College of Business ====
Lehigh introduced business and economics classes in 1893, with the first dedicated classes in economics being offered in 1897 and the first professor of economics being hired by the school, John L. Stewart, in 1898. Stewart is credited with creating the College of Business in 1918, establishing its original courses and teaching most of the classes himself. The college's inaugural class of 1922 numbered just 77.<ref name="business history">{{cite web |title=History of the College of Business Administration |url=https://www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/business_history_2.pdf |website=lehigh.edu |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref> Through the 1930s the College of Business Administration stayed consistent, with around 10 professors and 350 students, and in 1938 was accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]], with enrollment that year jumping to 465, or 25% of the total student body. In 1952 the College of Business Administration began offering a five-year course in [[Industrial engineering]] and business, as well as graduate courses for [[Master of Business Administration]] degrees and was expanded to include [[Master of Science]] degrees by 1964. In 1957 the college moved from Coppée Hall to the purpose-built Drown Hall.<ref name="business history" />

==== College of Education ====
More than 7,000 students have received master's, education specialist, [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]] teaching certificates and certifications, doctoral degrees, and professional certificates from Lehigh's College of Education {{as of|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lehigh.edu/education/alumni/index.html |title=COE Alumni page |publisher=Lehigh.edu |access-date=2011-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503060757/http://www.lehigh.edu/education/alumni/index.html |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science ====
Graduates of Lehigh's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science invented the [[escalator]]<ref name="escalator">{{cite web |url=http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/stairways-to-heaven-escalators-in-the-vernacular |title=Stairways to Heaven: Escalators in the Vernacular |publisher=Terrastories.com |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=2011-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008101940/http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/stairways-to-heaven-escalators-in-the-vernacular |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> and founded [[Packard|Packard Motor Car Company]]<ref name="packard">{{cite web |url=http://heritage.web.lehigh.edu/index.php/Packard,_James_Ward |title=Packard, James Ward – Lehigh Engineering Heritage Initiative |publisher=Heritage.web.lehigh.edu |date=April 20, 2011 |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619152951/http://heritage.web.lehigh.edu/index.php/Packard,_James_Ward |archive-date=June 19, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the companies that built the locks and lockgates of the [[Panama Canal]]. Other notable alumni include [[Roger Penske]], [[Lee Iacocca]], [[John W. Fisher]], and [[Terry Hart]]. [[Tau Beta Pi]], the engineering [[honor society]], was founded at Lehigh.<ref name="taubetapi">{{cite web |url=http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/History/Founder.cfm |title=Tau Beta Pi Founder, Dr. Edward Higginson Williams, Jr |publisher=Tbp.org |access-date=2011-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025034336/http://www.tbp.org/pages/About/History/Founder.cfm |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2005, [[George Tamaro]], a Lehigh University master's degree in civil engineering alumnus, was the [[John Fritz Medal]] award recipient, issued by the [[American Association of Engineering Societies]].<ref name="award_recipients_aaes">{{Cite web|title=Award recipients|url=https://www.aaes.org/files/aaes_awards_description_2020.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.aaes.org/files/aaes_awards_description_2020.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=February 13, 2021|website=American Association of Engineering Societies}}</ref>

====  College of Health ====
Lehigh's College of Health offers classes in biostatistics, epidemiology, population health data science, and others related to population health.<ref>{{Cite web|title=College of Health home|url=http://health.lehigh.edu/home|website=Lehigh University|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> The college opened on August 21, 2020, and was the first in the world to offer undergraduate, graduate, and executive degrees in population health. It is based at the Health, Science, and Technology (HST) building which opened in January 2022.<ref>[https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/at-a-time-of-global-health-crisis-lehigh-opens-an-innovative-college-of-health "At a Time of Global Health Crisis, Lehigh Opens an Innovative College of Health," Lehigh University, Wednesday, August 26, 2020.] Retrieved August 27, 2020</ref>

===Undergraduate admissions===
Admission to Lehigh University is classified as "more selective" by the [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/lehigh-university/ |title=Lehigh University |publisher=American Council on Education |access-date=September 24, 2024 }}</ref> [[The Princeton Review]] gives Lehigh an "Admissions Selectivity Rating" of 95 out of 99.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lehigh University |publisher=[[The Princeton Review]] |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/lehigh-university-1023596 |access-date=September 24, 2024 }}{{\</ref>

In 2024, Lehigh University received 20,396 applications and admitted 5,289 students, resulting in an acceptance rate of 25%. Of those admitted, 1,501 students enrolled, yielding a matriculation rate of about 28%.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Admission Statistics |url=https://www2.lehigh.edu/admissions/admission-statistics |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Lehigh University |language=en}}</ref> Among the incoming Class of 2028, 50% of students submitted standardized test scores. For these students, the middle 50% SAT scores ranged from 1420 to 1520, and the ACT scores ranged from 32 to 35.<ref name=":1" />

In 2023, the university received 18,415 applications. It extended offers of admission to 5,389 applicants, or 29%, after holistic review that includes examination of academic rigor, performance and admissions test scores. 1,531 accepted students chose to enroll, a yield rate of 28%.<ref name="cds">{{cite web|url=https://data.lehigh.edu/sites/data.lehigh.edu/files/Final_CDS_2023-2024_Revised_7.12.2024.pdf |title=2023-2024 Common Data Set |publisher=Lehigh University Office of Institutional Data |access-date=September 23, 2024 }}</ref> Of the 33% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted [[SAT]] scores, the [[interquartile range]] was 1370–1480; of the 10% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores, the interquartile range was 31–33.<ref name="cds" />

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| THES_W = 601–800
| THE_WSJ = 14
| QS_W = 591–600
| USNWR_NU = 46
| USNWR_W = 850
| Forbes = 64
| Wamo_NU = 29
| ARWU_W = 701–800
}}
In its 2024 ranking of best U.S. colleges, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', which ranks on the basis of student outcomes (70%), learning environment (20%), and diversity (10%), that analysis ranked Lehigh as 14th-best, overall, for that year.<ref name=WSJ24rankings>{{Cite web | author = WSJ Staff | date = 2023-10-13 | title = College Pulse Rankings: 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. | work = [[The Wall Street Journal]] (WSJ) | url=https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2024 | access-date=2023-10-13 | language=en-US}}</ref> In the 2025 edition of "Best Colleges Ranking" published by the [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'']], a site which does not report its methodology on its reporting page, Lehigh was ranked 46th (in a tie), in the "National Universities" category, with the following further category rankings: 25th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", 26th for "Best Value Schools", tied for 51st for "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs", and 45th for "Most Innovative Schools".<ref name="USN&WR">{{Cite web | author = USN&WR Best Colleges Staff | date = 2025-05-01 | title = Best Colleges Ranking: Lehigh University, Overview | work = [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|U.S. News & World Report]] (USN&WR) Best Colleges Ranking | url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lehigh-university-3289 | access-date=2025-05-01 | language=en-US}} One must click on the "See all rankings" dropdown at the cited URL to access all information reported here.</ref>

Along with three other [[Pennsylvania]] colleges, [[Dickinson College]] in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]], [[Lafayette College]] in [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]], and [[Muhlenberg College]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], Lehigh was a 2020 recipient of the Campus Sustainability Achievement Award issued by the [[Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education]] in commemoration of its participation in the Solar Collaboration Project.<ref>{{Cite news|title=2020 AASHE Sustainability Award Winners Announced|language=en-US|work=The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education|url=https://www.aashe.org/news/2020-sustainability-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2021-07-04}}</ref>

Lehigh University was nationally ranked in 2024, as 
1st in "Best Science Lab Facilities", 10th for “Best College Library”, and 15th for "Most Beautiful Campus" according to [[The Princeton Review]].<ref name="Princeton Review–2024">{{Cite web |title=Lehigh University - The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/lehigh-university-1023596 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.princetonreview.com}}{{full|date=May 2025}}</ref>{{full|date=May 2025}} Additionally, it holds the 2nd spot for "Best College Newspaper", 3rd in “Their Students Love These Colleges”, 16th in “Best Career Placement (Private Schools)”, 24th in “Top Green Colleges”, 30th in “Best Value Colleges (Private Schools)”, and ranks 4th for "Lots of Race/Class Interaction".<ref name="Princeton Review–2024" />{full}}

According to [[PayScale|PayScale's]] 2024 report, Lehigh ranks 1st among schools nationally for business majors by salary potential, with an early career median pay of $95,300 and a mid-career median pay of $194,900.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Business Schools |url=https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-majors/business |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Payscale}}</ref> Lehigh ranks 12th among universities for bachelor's degree salary potential, with a mid-career median salary of $147,300.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Universities and Colleges |url=https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Payscale}}</ref> Lehigh University ranks 26th among schools nationally for computer science majors by salary potential<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Computer Science Schools |url=https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-majors/computer-science |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Payscale}}</ref> and 34th among schools nationally for engineering majors by salary potential.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-majors/engineering |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.payscale.com |title=Best Engineering Schools }}</ref>

In the 2024-2025 [[Forbes]] rankings of [[America's Top Colleges]], Lehigh is ranked 64th overall, 44th among private colleges, 49th among research universities, and 28th among institutions in the Northeast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lehigh University |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/lehigh-university/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

Lehigh University's College of Business is ranked 23rd in [[Poets&Quants]]' 2023 list of Best Undergraduate Business Schools.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bleizeffer |first=Kristy |date=2024-01-22 |title=Poets&Quants' Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024 |url=https://poetsandquants.com/2024/01/22/poetsquants-best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Poets&Quants |language=en-US}}</ref> This reflects a rise from 27th place in 2022. Additionally, the university's part-time, online FLEX MBA program is ranked 13th among online MBA programs by Poets&Quants for 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FLEX MBA Ranking {{!}} Lehigh Business |url=https://business.lehigh.edu/academics/graduate/masters-programs/flex-mba/mba-ranking#:~:text=Online%20MBA%20#13-,Lehigh%20University's%20part-time,%20online%20FLEX%20MBA%20has%20been%20ranked,the%20Poets&Quants%20report%20for%202025.&text=2%20in%20Pennsylvania-,Lehigh%20University's%20part-time,%20online%20FLEX%20MBA%20has%20been%20ranked,the%20Poets&Quants%20report%20for%202025. |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=business.lehigh.edu}}</ref>

In 2023, [[U.S. News & World Report]] has identified Lehigh University’s 1-MBA program as ranking 5th in the United States in salary-to-debt ratio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=Lehigh's 1-MBA Ranks in Top 5 Nationally on Starting Salary-to-Debt Ratio |url=https://news.lehigh.edu/lehighs-1-mba-ranks-in-top-5-nationally-on-starting-salary-to-debt-ratio |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Lehigh University News |language=en}}</ref> The publication recently evaluated MBA programs by the highest return on investment by examining starting salary-to-debt ratio from its [[Best Colleges Ranking|2023-2024 Best Business Schools (MBA)]] ranking.

In 2018, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Lehigh's part-time [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] program 20th in the nation.<ref name="US News & World Report">{{cite web |title=The Best Part-Time MBA Programs |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/part-time-rankings?int=aa6b09&int=a06908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902093102/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/part-time-rankings?int=aa6b09&int=a06908 |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |access-date=2017-09-01 |publisher=www.usnews.com}}</ref>

In 2012, ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' ranked Lehigh's College of Business 31st in the nation among undergraduate business programs.<ref name="BusinessWeek Undergrad B-School Rankings">[http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/top_undergrad_bschools_by_specialty_2012.html BusinessWeek rankings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523203013/http://www.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/top_undergrad_bschools_by_specialty_2012.html |date=May 23, 2013 }}.</ref> In 2012, ''BusinessWeek'' ranked Lehigh the seventh-best overall undergraduate finance program in the nation, and ranked its undergraduate accounting program the 21st-best in the nation.<ref name="BusinessWeek Undergrad B-School Rankings"/>

In 2012,  ''[[Entrepreneur Magazine]]'' and [[The Princeton Review]] named Lehigh the 24th- best undergraduate college for entrepreneurship.<ref name="2012-2013 Top 25 Undergraduate Colleges">[http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges/undergrad/1.html Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 25 Undergraduate Colleges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003165443/http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges/undergrad/1.html |date=October 3, 2012 }} Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.</ref>