Lehigh University

Lehigh publishes 29% (Fall 2025 entering class). Early Decision applicants got in at 47%; everyone else at 27%.

Acceptance rate

What Lehigh's 29% is made of

The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Lehigh reports itself.

By application round

47%

Early Decision

27%

Everyone else

Fall 2025 entering class (Class of 2029)

Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.

Testing

Policy: Official policy: 'Lehigh will extend the test optional policy for admission indefinitely while continuing to evaluate its impact.' Applies to both first-year and transfer applicants; multiple test sittings are superscored. No fall-year-specific language used — policy is stated as indefinite/ongoing.
Source (high confidence)All 100 schools
SAT middle 50%: 1370–1500sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
ACT middle 50%: 31–34
Average HS GPA: Not published by the school

Applying

Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.

At a glance

Sources

Lehigh test policy (2026-27)
Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.

Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.

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