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Biomedical engineering at Lehigh

Lehigh graduates about 44 biomedical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 40th of 177 schools we score for biomedical engineering, a strong program at 72 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $106,000 four years out, 1.11× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year443% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$106,0001.11× the same major nationally
Research in the field$4Ma year, NSF
Admit rate29%whole school
SAT middle 50%1380–1480whole school

Around Lehigh

Fritz Lab, Lehigh University's home of Civil Engineering, with the public art sc
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Lehigh University Williams Hall (1904)
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Bethlehem, PA, USA
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Where biomedical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fritz Engineering Laboratory.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 13 · Dorm 7 · Library 2 · Chapel 1 · Athletics 1 · Offices 1.

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Nearby in the biomedical engineering ranking

  1. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 74
  2. University of California, Davis 73
  3. University of California, Irvine 73
  4. Drexel University 72
  5. Purdue University–Main Campus 71
  6. Texas A&M University 71
  7. Tulane University of Louisiana 70
  8. California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo 70

Other strong majors at Lehigh

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Lehigh with every school we score in biomedical engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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