Lehigh Valley
Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States
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| 2025 | U.S. News & World Report ranked Lehigh University 46th in the 'National Universities' category, with additional notable rankings including 25th for 'Best Undergraduate Teaching' and 26th for 'Best Value Schools'. |
| 2024 | Lehigh University received 20,396 applications and admitted 5,289 students (25% acceptance rate), with 1,501 students enrolling at a 28% matriculation rate. |
| 2024 | PayScale report ranks Lehigh 1st nationally for business majors by salary potential, with early career median pay of $95,300 and mid-career median pay of $194,900. |
| 2024 | Lehigh University men's lacrosse team won the Patriot League Championship by defeating Boston University 11-10, securing an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. |
| 2024 | The Princeton Review nationally ranked Lehigh University 1st for 'Best Science Lab Facilities', 10th for 'Best College Library', and 15th for 'Most Beautiful Campus'. |
| 2024 | The Wall Street Journal ranked Lehigh University as 14th-best overall in its annual college rankings, based on student outcomes, learning environment, and diversity. |
| July 2024 | Two campus buildings (Second Single Brethren's House and Widows' House) were inscribed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| July 26 2024 | Moravian Church Settlements—Bethlehem became the 26th UNESCO World Heritage site in the United States, representing the outstanding universal value of historic Moravian settlements alongside Gracehill (Northern Ireland), Herrnhut (Germany), and Christiansfeld (Denmark). |
| 2023 | Lehigh University received 18,415 applications and admitted 5,389 students (29% acceptance rate), with 1,531 students enrolling at a 28% yield rate. |
| 2023 | Lehigh University's College of Business rises to 23rd place in Poets&Quants' list of Best Undergraduate Business Schools, improving from 27th place in 2022. |
| 2023 | U.S. News & World Report identifies Lehigh University's 1-MBA program as ranking 5th in the United States in salary-to-debt ratio. |
| 2021 | Elevated from a college to a university status. |
| July 1 2021 | Officially changed name from Moravian College to Moravian University after receiving approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
| 2020 | Lehigh University, along with three other Pennsylvania colleges, received the Campus Sustainability Achievement Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for its participation in the Solar Collaboration Project. |
| August 21 2020 | Lehigh's College of Health opens, becoming the first in the world to offer undergraduate, graduate, and executive degrees in population health. |
| 2018 | U.S. News & World Report ranked Lehigh's part-time MBA program 20th in the nation. |
| 2017 | The Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences was opened at 1107 Main Street, providing a 55,000-square-foot facility for undergraduate and graduate health science programs. |
| 2016 | John Makuvek Field was installed and opened behind the Haupert Union Building, featuring a synthetic-turf field for field hockey, lacrosse, and soccer teams. |
| 2014 | Lehigh opened the Stabler Campus. |
| 2012 | Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review named Lehigh the 24th-best undergraduate college for entrepreneurship. |
| 2012 | BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh's College of Business 31st in the nation among undergraduate business programs, 7th in undergraduate finance programs, and 21st in undergraduate accounting programs. |
| May 2012 | Lehigh University received a significant land donation of 755 acres from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, expanding the university's total campus size to 2,350 acres. |
| March 16 2012 | Lehigh's basketball team achieves a historic NCAA tournament upset, defeating #2 seed Duke Blue Devils 75-70 as a #15 seed, with CJ McCollum scoring 30 points. |
| 2010 | Alice P. Gast was named a science envoy by Hillary Clinton. |
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