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Lehigh University

College of Business & Economics

Quick Stats

  • Avg. SAT Score
    1279
  • Annual Tuition
    $41,920
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    1,270
  • University Selectivity
    33%
  • University Yield
    32%
  • Job Offers
    96%
  • Average Salary
    $56,948
  • Top Industry
    Financial Services
  • School Status
    Private
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1910
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
621 Taylor Street
Rauch Business Center
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
Website
405x225

College of Business & Economics

Lehigh's College of Business and Economics provides an intellectual, professional learning environment that develops future leaders through experiential learning and rigorous analysis. The four-year undergraduate business program includes both a common core and many options for specialization. Two other programs are offered jointly with the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science-the Integrated Business and Engineering honors program and Computer Science and Business. Lehigh's close proximity to Philadelphia and New York provides easy access to an extensive and active alumni base.

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Programs are rigorous with a strong reputation among employers. An additional unique quality is the amount of alumni looking to either hire or network with Lehigh students. Additionally, the Financial Speaker Series is a unique course in which top executives from various finance fields come to the campus and engage in discussions with the students about their career. These speakers are also almost always available to meet with students not enrolled in the course at another time.

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About Lehigh University

Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
33% Lehigh University 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. Secondary school record
  2. Recommendations
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Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
11529% 11,529
33% 33
32% 32
33% School Selectivity
32% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Nov 15
Fall 2013
Nov 15
Fall 2014
Required Tests
  • SAT
  • ACT
  • Are Interviews Required? Not required
Additional Requirements:
Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
2353% 2,353
28% 28
41% 41
28% Program Selectivity
41% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Not required
Required Tests

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled
  • Min college GPA for transfers
  • Other transfer requirements There is no minimum overall college GPA required for internal transfer to the College of Business and Economics. Lehigh has a fluid internal transfer policy that allows students to move between colleges without an application. Each student transferring within Lehigh must complete a petition form and meet with the Associate Dean of the college that they are transferring from as well as the Associate Dean of the college they are transferring into, for guidance and advice.
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 95
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses No
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

Students planning to enroll in the College of Business and Economics must have completed mathematics through trigonometry, but also should strongly consider taking precalculus and calculus.

Careers

Financial Services 29%
Top Industry
  • Media/Entertainment 5%
  • Real Estate 2%
  • Consulting 2%
PWC 17
Top Employer
  • Ernst & Young 16
  • KPMG 9
  • IBM 6
Job offers within 3 months after graduation
96% College of Business & Economics 75% Average Across All Schools
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
82% 82
59% 59.267238095238085
82% Receive Offers
82% 82
56% 55.65923664122137
82% Accept Offers
After graduation, but within 3 months
14% 14
16% 16.189999999999998
14% Receive Offers
14% 14
17% 17.25698275862069
14% Accept Offers
More than 3 Months after graduation
0% 0
10% 10.193835616438358
0% Receive Offers
0% 0
13% 12.771399999999998
0% Accept Offers
89% Graduates seeking full-time employment
11% Graduates not seeking employment
92% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Consulting
9% 9
$63,500.00
35K 70K
Finance/Accounting
57% 57
$57,000.00
35K 75K
General Management
1% 1
Data not provided
Human Resources
0% 0
Data not provided
Management Information Systems
5% 5
$60,000.00
60K 62K
Marketing/Sales
21% 21
$46,400.00
35K 70K
Operations/Production
0% 0
Data not provided
Logistics/Transportation
6% 6
$51,600.00
45K 56K
Other
1% 1
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
32% 32
$56,900.00
48K 65K
Consumer Products/Retail
5% 5
Data not provided
Consulting
2% 2
$66,500.00
62K 70K
Financial Services
29% 29
$62,000.00
37K 75K
Government/Education
1% 1
Data not provided
Pharma/Biotech/Health
2% 2
Data not provided
Manufacturing
2% 2
$50,200.00
38K 60K
Media/Entertainment
5% 5
$42,000.00
35K 57K
Non-Profit
1% 1
Data not provided
Petroleum/Energy
1% 1
$56,000.00 Data not provided
Real Estate
2% 2
$50,000.00 Data not provided
Sports/Leisure
2% 2
$40,000.00 Data not provided
Technology/Science
12% 12
$35,000.00 Data not provided
Transportation
3% 3
Data not provided
Utilities
1% 1
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Northeast
73% 73
$56,800.00
35K 75K
U.S. Mid-Atlantic
19% 19
$51,800.00
35K 65K
U.S. South
3% 3
$51,000.00
50K 52K
U.S. Southwest
1% 1
$50,000.00 Data not provided
U.S. Midwest
2% 2
$56,000.00
48K 65K
U.S. West
2% 2
Data not provided
U.S. Possessions/Territories
0% 0
Data not provided
Canada
0% 0
Data not provided
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Average Signing Bonus for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
  • PWC 35
  • Ernst & Young 26
  • KPMG 17
  • Deloitte and Touche 13
  • Rothstein Kass 6
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks 12
  • Percentage of internships that are paid 100
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 77
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 699
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
Career fairs, workshops, externships, internships, mock interviews, trips to industries, conferences, alumni networks, corporate information sessions, corporate databases, and personal appointments.

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$54,450
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $41,920
  • Fees $300
  • Expenses $12,230
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$54,450
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $41,920
  • Fees $300
  • Expenses $12,230
37% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 0% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 86%
  • Merit 14%
More Information
Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website www.lehigh.edu/~infao/index.htm
Scholarships
$12,589,482
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
$12,714,900
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students this year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • College of Business & Economics
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
45% 41
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
43% 25
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
College of Business & Economics 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management
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Business Program Classes
18% Less than 20 Students 8% More than 50 Students
74% 21 to 50 students
25 Average number of students in non-business required electives
62 Different Elective Courses
New Electives
  • Managing in the International Organization
  • Financial Modeling
  • Electricity Economics
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2002
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • BS/Business & Economics 124
  • BS/Integrated Business & Engineering 136
  • BS/Computer Science & Business 137
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
111% 111
60% 60
Prominent Faculty
  • Paul Brockman

    Finance, corporate decision making and examining the context in which business decisions are made, implemented and interpreted by capital markets

  • Shin-Yi Chou

    Economics (microeconomics & health economics)

  • Oliver Yau

    Information systems and supply chain management including business value of IT-enabled supply chains, economics of electronic commerce, and VMI, CPFR and CRM
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    Students have access to externship programs to learn more about their business fields of choice. Internships supervised by faculty are also available. International internships are often included in programs led by College of Business and Economics faculty abroad during the summer in locations including Prague, Belgium, and Shanghai.

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    College of Business and Economics (CBE) faculty lead a number of summer study abroad programs including Lehigh in Belgium, Lehigh in Prague, and Lehigh in Shanghai. CBE faculty also offer "international lab" courses in Singapore and Shanghai, China to complement learning in the CBE core curriculum. The competitive Tauck Scholarship Program also supports summer experiences abroad for select CBE students. Students can also participate in study abroad programs at other universities.
  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    Within the College of Business and Economics, students connect to service opportunities via student clubs, Accounting's Beta Alpha Psi honor society, and special programs organized by the major department or college to serve various communities. Juniors and seniors have opportunities to serve as mentors to underclassmen in venues including apprentice teaching and major mentor programs. Lehigh's Community Service Office connects business students to a variety of service opportunities.

Students

47% Students in Top 10% of High School Class
1370 75th Percentile Score on SAT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
76% 76
Hispanic
8% 8
African American
7% 7
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
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U.S. Regional Breakdown
5%
6%
53%
2%
4%
29%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
89% 89
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
9% 9
Canada
0% 0
18 Average age of full-time students
94% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
73% 73
83% 83

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 14,276
Alumni Donations
$1,779 Average Gift Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • Joseph R. Perella

    Chairman and CEO, Perella Weinberg Partners

  • Arthur C. Tauck, Jr.

    Chairman, Tauck World Discovery

  • Roger S. Penske

    Chairman & CEO, Penske Corporation