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Lehigh majors and salaries
Lehigh University · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · 5,898 undergraduates
Computer Science leads the pay table by a wide margin: $141,691 four years after graduation, against $127,210 for Finance and Financial Management Services. Finance and Financial Management Services awards the most degrees here (411 over two years), and it also pays above most other programs: $127,210 four years out. Former Lehigh students earn well above the national pattern: a median $116,342 ten years after enrolling, 97% more than at the median four-year college.
Highest-paying bachelor's programs
Every program with earnings data
| Program | Graduates (2 yrs) | Median debt | Pay after 1 yr | Pay after 4 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 296 | $22,230 | $95,778 | $141,691 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 411 | $21,300 | $84,219 | $127,210 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 109 | $19,000 | $83,966 | $125,874 |
| Industrial Engineering | 96 | $19,000 | $84,946 | $121,498 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 69 | $19,500 | $83,465 | $116,999 |
| Computer Engineering | 45 | $19,500 | – | $116,214 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 95 | $20,500 | $65,461 | $113,630 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | 45 | $22,625 | – | $108,503 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 77 | $19,500 | $70,545 | $107,079 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 69 | $20,000 | $80,379 | $106,260 |
| Chemical Engineering | 79 | $21,500 | $87,008 | $101,720 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 51 | – | – | $98,481 |
| Marketing | 112 | $23,250 | $66,225 | $98,320 |
| Materials Engineering | 17 | – | – | $97,904 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 161 | $21,906 | $79,252 | $96,618 |
| Civil Engineering | 68 | $25,000 | $75,104 | $91,856 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 44 | – | – | $91,697 |
| Political Science and Government | 83 | $23,077 | $58,633 | $90,302 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | – | – | $85,013 | – |
| Journalism | 44 | $23,250 | $65,957 | $81,935 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | 50 | – | – | $79,569 |
| Biology, General | 120 | $21,794 | $39,722 | $75,611 |
| Psychology, General | 137 | $19,620 | $52,794 | $74,939 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | 34 | – | – | $72,978 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 29 | – | – | $71,474 |
Programs are grouped by four-digit CIP code, so one row can cover several related majors. "Graduates" counts bachelor's degrees awarded across the two years that make up each earnings cohort.
Outcomes
- Six-year graduation rate
- 85% (four-year colleges: 54% median)
- First-year students who return
- 94%
- Students per faculty member
- 10
- Median earnings 10 years after enrolling
- $116,342 (four-year colleges: $58,912 median)
- Median federal debt at graduation
- $21,371 (four-year colleges: $21,609 median)
Colleges similar to Lehigh
The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Lehigh in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.
| College | Acceptance rate | Avg net price | Earnings after 10 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | 22% | $28,165 | $104,443 |
| Trinity University San Antonio, TX | 26% | $22,962 | $79,620 |
| Villanova Villanova, PA | 27% | $41,536 | $115,382 |
| Smith College Northampton, MA | 21% | $25,519 | $69,936 |
| Mississippi Christian University Clinton, MS | 29% | $21,034 | $54,122 |
| Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | 16% | $23,014 | $86,811 |
Program earnings and debt come from the College Scorecard field-of-study file: median pay of graduates who were working and not enrolled, one and four years after finishing, for two pooled graduating classes. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education and do not appear. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Lehigh on College Scorecard