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Electrical engineering at Lehigh

Lehigh graduates about 18 electrical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 78th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a strong program at 70 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $109,000 four years out, 1.09× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

70/100Strong#78 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year181% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$109,0001.09× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma 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 electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fritz Engineering Laboratory, Health, Science, and Technology Building (HST).

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 electrical engineering ranking

  1. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 71
  2. University of California, Riverside 71
  3. Stony Brook University–SUNY 70
  4. Santa Clara University 70
  5. University of North Dakota 69
  6. University of Colorado Boulder 69
  7. New Jersey Institute of Technology 69
  8. Clemson University 69

Other strong majors at Lehigh

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Lehigh with every school we score in electrical 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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