Which Lehigh University major has the lowest debt?

Journalism graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 Lehigh University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Lehigh University cost?

Tuition and fees are $64,980 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $36,931 a year.

How many Lehigh University programs report graduate pay?

21 bachelor's programs at Lehigh University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Lehigh University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Bethlehem, PA
5,898 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 Lehigh University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($88,587), and International Relations the least ($36,147). The median program pays $74,971.

Tuition and fees$64,980Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$36,931Per year

Graduation rate88%Within 6 years

Admission rate26%Of applicants

All 21 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
1	Computer ScienceAbout 147 graduates a year	$88,587	$129,863	$23,854	3rd of 18
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year	$83,356	$120,356	$24,019	5th of 28
3	Chemical EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year	$82,435	$107,647	$27,000	1st of 9
4	Computer EngineeringAbout 25 graduates a year	$82,209	$113,884	$24,625	5th of 7
5	Business EconomicsAbout 47 graduates a year	$81,796	$110,208	$23,240	2nd of 2
6	Industrial EngineeringAbout 40 graduates a year	$81,142	$121,172	$23,834	1st of 3
7	Electrical EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$79,119	$99,040	$22,754	5th of 8
8	AccountingAbout 53 graduates a year	$77,026	$118,286	$23,179	2nd of 41
9	FinanceAbout 193 graduates a year	$76,720	$134,072	$23,250	3rd of 24
10	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 72 graduates a year	$75,479	$101,225	$24,950	4th of 14
11	Materials EngineeringAbout 9 graduates a year	$74,971	Not reported	$26,324	2nd of 2
12	Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 20 graduates a year	$74,734	$90,977	$24,960	1st of 3
13	Civil EngineeringAbout 45 graduates a year	$73,545	$90,786	$27,000	2nd of 9
14	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$72,440	$103,136	$26,000	4th of 7
15	Business AdministrationAbout 17 graduates a year	$69,289	$102,043	$20,500	3rd of 65
16	MarketingAbout 60 graduates a year	$55,236	$105,601	$20,534	5th of 27
17	Political ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$53,632	$88,889	$21,150	2nd of 29
18	BiologyAbout 55 graduates a year	$45,695	$75,938	$23,128	1st of 50
19	JournalismAbout 19 graduates a year	$45,256	Not reported	$19,500	1st of 8
20	PsychologyAbout 63 graduates a year	$40,942	$75,622	$21,160	3rd of 48
21	International RelationsAbout 32 graduates a year	$36,147	$80,384	$21,250	6th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.

4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 193 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 147 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 72 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 63 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 60 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $88,587 in their first year, the most of 21 Lehigh University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels