Information Technology at Lehigh University

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IT program at Lehigh University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and approximately 7,067 students attend the school each year. Of the 162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University in 2021, 59 of them were information technology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Lehigh Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Lehigh Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Lehigh compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Lehigh is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Information Technology Schools	9
	15
	45
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	115
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	182
Best Value Information Technology Schools	236

IT Student Demographics at Lehigh

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Lehigh University.

Lehigh Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from Lehigh. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	25
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lehigh also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Lehigh University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Systems Analysts	21,910	$95,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520
Computer Network Architects	7,120	$101,090

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.