Lehigh acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Lehigh admitted 5,601 of 19,342 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 29.0%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Lehigh counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Lehigh acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19,342 | 5,601 | 29.0% | 1,535 | 27.4% |
| 2024-25 | 20,396 | 5,289 | 25.9% | 1,501 | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18,415 | 5,389 | 29.3% | 1,531 | 28.4% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Lehigh
Lehigh waitlist
Lehigh SAT and ACT scores
What Lehigh says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Lehigh rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Class rank, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Level of applicant's interest
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Class rank, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Level of applicant's interest
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Level of applicant's interest
Lehigh testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional. Lehigh's apply page says the policy has been extended indefinitely and applicants choose whether to submit SAT or ACT scores.
From Lehigh’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2025-26 C1 totals are the residency table totals. The 2025-26 C8 marks SAT/ACT as Recommended for Fall 2027, while the admissions page describes the policy as test-optional. The 2023-24 document prints no year header; its year comes from its file name.
Lehigh acceptance rate questions
- What is the Lehigh acceptance rate?
- Lehigh's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 19,342 first-year applicants and 5,601 admitted, an acceptance rate of 29.0%. It was 25.9% in 2024-25 and 29.3% in 2023-24.
- What is the Lehigh early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 966 of 2,040 early decision applicants were admitted (47.4%), against 29.0% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Lehigh students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1380 to 1480, and ACT submitters scored 31 to 34. 33.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Lehigh waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Lehigh offered 4,083 applicants a place on the waitlist; 1,988 accepted one, and 80 were admitted from it.
- Does Lehigh require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional. Lehigh's apply page says the policy has been extended indefinitely and applicants choose whether to submit SAT or ACT scores.
Applying to Lehigh?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Lehigh says it weighs.
Source: Lehigh Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Lehigh. All official acceptance rates