Lehigh University's admit rate has fallen 5.3 percentage points across the 13 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-2027 | 29.0% | 1,535 | 85.2% | 94.3% | 1,430 |
| 2025-2026 | 29.0% | 1,535 | 85.2% | 94.3% | 1,430 |
| 2024-2025 | 25.9% | 1,501 | 88.8% | 93.7% | 1,430 |
| 2023-2024 | 29.3% | 1,531 | 89.0% | 93.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 37.0% | 1,511 | 91.2% | 90.8% | 1,410 |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 29 percentage points.
Lehigh University's 85.2% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 28.9 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Lehigh University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 16.2% admit to 69.2% admit — a 53.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 8.0 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Lehigh University's admit rate fell from 37.0% (2022-2023) to 29.0% (2026-2027) — a 8.0 pp drop. Year-over-year: 37.0 → 29.3 → 25.9 → 29.0 → 29.0. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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