Lehigh University Student Population

How many students at Lehigh? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 7,394 students have enrolled in Lehigh University with 5,624 undergraduate and 1,770 graduate students.

By gender, 3,994 male and 3,400 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

431 students are enrolled exclusively, and 389 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Lehigh University has a total of 7,394 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,624 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,770 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,994 male and 3,400 female students (the male-female ratio is 54:46) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,279 White, 347 Black, and 644 Asian students out of a total of 7,394 are attending at Lehigh University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Lehigh has 89 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 5,970 students under 25 years old, and 1,293 students over 25 years old out of 7,263 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 89 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Lehigh has 5,425 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 26 students aged 25 and over.

It has 545 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,267 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Lehigh University, 431 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 389 students are enrolled in some online courses.

226 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 205 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,624 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 53 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.94%.