Enrollment Trends at Lehigh

The student population at Lehigh University is 7,394 (5,624 undergraduate and 1,770 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 298 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lehigh is 76.06% which is increased by 693 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 395 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.85 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

431 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 40.39% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,087 where 7,394 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 693 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 395 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.85 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in Lehigh than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lehigh University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,096	4,931	2,773	2,158	2,165	1,165	1,000
2014-15	7,119 23	5,062 131	2,802 29	2,260 102	2,057 -108	1,138 -27	919 -81
2015-16	7,054 -65	5,075 13	2,817 15	2,258 -2	1,979 -78	1,085 -53	894 -25
2016-17	7,059 5	5,080 5	2,852 35	2,228 -30	1,979 0	1,070 -15	909 15
2017-18	7,017 -42	5,075 -5	2,775 -77	2,300 72	1,942 -37	1,071 1	871 -38
2018-19	6,849 -168	5,047 -28	2,735 -40	2,312 12	1,802 -140	990 -81	812 -59
2019-20	6,953 104	5,178 131	2,779 44	2,399 87	1,775 -27	974 -16	801 -11
2020-21	7,067 114	5,203 25	2,797 18	2,406 7	1,864 89	999 25	865 64
2021-22	7,263 196	5,451 248	2,941 144	2,510 104	1,812 -52	962 -37	850 -15
2022-23	7,394 131	5,624 173	3,039 98	2,585 75	1,770 -42	955 -7	815 -35
Average	7,087	5,173	2,831	2,342	1,915	1,041	874

Lehigh University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,173 where 5,624 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lehigh University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,931	4,862	2,724	2,138	69	49	20
2014-15	5,062	4,984	2,752	2,232	78	50	28
2015-16	5,075	5,001	2,766	2,235	74	51	23
2016-17	5,080	5,003	2,807	2,196	77	45	32
2017-18	5,075	5,013	2,738	2,275	62	37	25
2018-19	5,047	4,982	2,699	2,283	65	36	29
2019-20	5,178	5,107	2,739	2,368	71	40	31
2020-21	5,203	5,070	2,711	2,359	133	86	47
2021-22	5,451	5,375	2,895	2,480	76	46	30
2022-23	5,624	5,557	2,999	2,558	67	40	27
Average	5,173	5,173	2,783	2,312	5,173	48	29

Lehigh University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,915 where 1,770 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lehigh University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,165	1,286	697	589	879	468	411
2014-15	2,057	1,253	701	552	804	437	367
2015-16	1,979	1,209	697	512	770	388	382
2016-17	1,979	1,227	708	519	752	362	390
2017-18	1,942	1,220	707	513	722	364	358
2018-19	1,802	1,111	658	453	691	332	359
2019-20	1,775	1,038	616	422	737	358	379
2020-21	1,864	1,048	610	438	816	389	427
2021-22	1,812	1,032	585	447	780	377	403
2022-23	1,770	1,054	602	452	716	353	363
Average	1,915	1,915	658	490	1,915	383	384

Lehigh University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.87%. The percentage was 60.68% 10 years ago and Lehigh still has a high percentage of white students. 8.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.69% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lehigh University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	4	421	213	456	2	4,306	144
2014-15	7	479	239	475	1	4,309	139
2015-16	10	506	220	494	5	4,231	140
2016-17	8	499	231	514	6	4,214	137
2017-18	9	487	232	515	8	4,138	162
2018-19	6	467	219	565	8	4,014	178
2019-20	5	471	260	570	9	4,101	197
2020-21	4	512	289	634	3	4,173	207
2021-22	7	580	310	660	3	4,296	216
2022-23	6	644	347	675	4	4,279	249
Average	7	507	256	556	5	4,206	177

Lehigh University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

431 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 40.39% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lehigh University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,119	307	126	6,686
2015-16	7,054	293	112	6,649
2016-17	7,059	281	115	6,663
2017-18	7,017	284	194	6,539
2018-19	6,849	296	69	6,484
2019-20	6,953	320	92	6,541
2020-21	7,067	400	50	6,617
2021-22	7,263	482	903	5,878
2022-23	7,394	431	389	6,574
Average	7,086	344	228	6,515

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