The main focus area for this major is Electrical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Electrical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Lehigh University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in EE, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Lehigh was ranked #41 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for EE majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #4 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for Lehigh.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Lehigh paid an average of $2,285 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,790 | $54,790 |
Fees | $470 | $470 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,740 | $14,740 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,065 | $1,065 |
Learn more about Lehigh tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. EE students who received their bachelor’s degree at Lehigh took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 15% higher than the national average of $23,573.
The median early career salary of EE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Lehigh is $71,854 per year. That is 8% higher than the national average of $66,265.
Lehigh does not offer an online option for its EE bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Lehigh Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in EE in 2019-2020, 14.3% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 15.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in EE at Lehigh in 2019-2020, 17.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 19 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 28 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 56 |
Chemical Engineering | 22 |
Civil Engineering | 33 |
Computer Engineering | 24 |
Engineering Physics | 1 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.