| Location: |
37-acre campus in the northwest Bronx |
| Lehman College offers: |
- 76 undergraduate majors; 109 undergraduate minors
- 5 undergraduate certificates
- 65 master’s degree programs
- 2 doctoral degree programs
- 36 advanced certificates
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| Five schools: |
- Arts and Humanities
- Education
- Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing
- Natural and Social Sciences
- Continuing and Professional Studies
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| Recent Recognition: |
- Named one of the top 20 public colleges in the Northeast [Source: U.S. News and World Report, 2021]
- No. 4 among the best colleges for social mobility in the Northeast [Source: U.S. News and World Report, 2021]
- No. 15 among “Best Bang for the Buck” colleges in the Northeast [Source: Washington Monthly, 2021]
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| Enrollment (Fall 2020): |
- 15,091 total (12,833 undergraduate students
- 2,258 graduate students)
- 15,000 students in certificate, continuing education, and professional studies programs
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| Faculty: |
- 372 full-time
- 639 part-time
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| Student-Faculty Ratio: |
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| Degrees Awarded: (2020-21): |
- 2,660 bachelor’s degrees
- 773 master’s degrees
- 51 advanced certificates
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Undergraduate Profile:
(Fall 2020) |
- Gender: 68.7% female/31.3% male
- Age: 48.1% are 22 years-old and under (Fall 2020) 13.7% are 35 years-old and over
- First generation
college students: 57%
- Born outside the U.S.: 33%
- Number of cultures represented: 136
- Household income: 54% below $30,000
- Race/Ethnicity: 49.9% Hispanic 32.3% Black/Non-Hispanic 7.3% White/Non-Hispanic 7.5% Asian/Pacific Islander <1% American Indian/Native Alaskan
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| Residency: |
- 60% from the Bronx
- 19.6% from Manhattan and other New York City boroughs
- 8.4% from Westchester County
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| Top 5 Declared Majors, Undergraduate: |
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Business Administration
- Health Services Administration
- Sociology
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| Top 5 Declared Majors, Graduate: |
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Speech/Language Pathology
- Counselor Education
- Special Education/Early Childhood Education
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| Financial Aid, Undergraduates: |
- 77% some type of grant or scholarship
- 66% received a Federal Pell Grant.
- 54% average household income under $30,000
- 2.3% borrowed a loan
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| Alumni: |
Over 90,000 in business, healthcare, social services, law, medicine, teaching, and the arts. More than half live in the Bronx and other New York City boroughs or elsewhere in New York State. |
| Athletics: |
Lehman College is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III (NCAA), the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), and the CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC). There are 10 women’s and men’s varsity sports—softball/baseball, basketball, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, cross country, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. |
| Honors Students: (Fall 2020): |
- 167 total
- 85 Macaulay Honors College at Lehman
- 82 Lehman Scholars Program
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| CUNY on the Concourse: |
Lehman’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers many of its programs at a 50,000 sq. ft. educational workforce development center opened in 2001 on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. |
