Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Lehigh University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and approximately 7,067 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received their master's degree in ME.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Lehigh Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Lehigh Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Lehigh

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Lehigh University.

Lehigh Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh in 2020-2021, 90% were men and 10% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lehigh University with a master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Lehigh University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Aerospace Engineers	940	$108,300

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.