Why choose Lehigh Engineering for your Master’s degree?
If you are ready to commit to Lehigh, log back into the Lehigh application portal now to secure your enrollment! (There is NO monetary tuition deposit required to accept your offer of admission.)
But, we realize you have options, which is a reflection of your hard work and accomplishments. Why is Lehigh the right next step for you? Here, you will join a collaborative community of innovators, researchers, and Future Makers tackling complex challenges across engineering, technology, health, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, data science, and beyond. Whether your goal is to deepen your technical expertise, accelerate your career, pivot into a new field, or prepare for doctoral study, Lehigh offers a graduate experience designed around both academic excellence and personal growth.
Master’s students that find success
We invest in the success of our Master’s students, and are proud of their outstanding accomplishments. A few examples:
- George Awad ’22 ’25G turned the Technical Entrepreneurship master’s program into a launchpad—his startup won first place and a ~$25,000 prize at the 2024 StartUp Lehigh Valley Pitch Competition.
- Korka Fall ’25G, a polymer science and engineering master’s student, spoke twice at the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women as a youth STEM ambassador.
- Abhishek Srivastava ’23 chose Lehigh’s data science program for its computer vision and biomedical imaging courses—and is now a senior data scientist at Sophia Genetics.
See more current students and their post-Lehigh paths on our Graduate Student Spotlight page.
Research across disciplines
Lehigh organizes much of its most ambitious engineering research into three Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs)—communities of faculty and graduate researchers built to take on problems too large for any single department. As a master’s student, you can plug into this work through research, capstone projects, and faculty mentorship.
Learn more about Lehigh's IRIs:
Learn from faculty who know your name
Graduate education should be personal; at Lehigh, you'll find the best of both worlds: big-school research resources with a small-school feel. You’ll work alongside world-renowned faculty in an environment built around close, personal mentorship rather than lecture-hall anonymity. Sponsors of Lehigh’s engineering research include the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, Cisco, Tesla, and Sony.
“All faculty and staff members that I have interacted with are very kind, warm, and helpful. I was at another institution for a while and therefore I can tell that this is an unusual environment—in a good way.”
— Seonghan Kim, Lehigh BioE grad student
A degree shaped around you
Lehigh’s engineering master’s degrees give you depth in your core area plus the freedom to customize through technical coursework, research, and capstone or thesis work. You can:
- Go deeper in your discipline or pivot toward an interdisciplinary path.
- Add a graduate certificate that complements your degree.
- Complete many programs in person or online, with full- or part-time options if you’re balancing work.
Review program details and curriculum on the Master’s Programs page.
Lehigh Graduate Engineering Facts & Figures
A few figures worth weighing as you decide:
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Graduate students at Lehigh | 1,781 |
| Graduate programs offered | 80+ |
| Graduate alumni network | 30,000+ |
| Mid-career median salary, Lehigh engineering alumni (PayScale) | $114,000 |
That mid-career figure places Lehigh’s engineering alumni in the top tier nationally—ahead of a number of widely admired peer institutions. Explore the full picture on Graduate Student Career Outcomes, and see how the Center for Career and Professional Development supports graduate students specifically with mentorship, networking, and career fairs.
You’ll be supported academically, professionally, and personally
With a 4:1 student-to-faculty ratio, Lehigh is built for connection. Beyond the classroom, you’ll have access to academic and writing support, wellness and counseling services, professional development, and a tight graduate community. Check out the full range of Graduate Student Support.
An investment that works for you
Lehigh’s 30-credit engineering master’s degree is competitively priced, as much as 20% below the national average before any tuition scholarships, and pairs with strong placement and competitive starting salaries for a highly favorable return on investment.
If you have a documented external offer with a lower net cost, let us look at it. For a limited time, we’re exploring tuition scholarships in those cases. Reply to Associate Dean Mark Snyder with your official competitive offer letter (PDF, JPEG, PNG, or forwarded email; must include funding details) and we’ll compare.
Figures reflect publicly posted Lehigh University data as of mid-2026 and are subject to change; confirm current details with Graduate Admissions.
