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Lehigh University

Logo: Lehigh University, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US

Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer. Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year.2 It employed 1,861 people in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1865Founded1
  • Industryhigher education1
  • HeadquartersBethlehem1
  • Websitewww2.lehigh.edu
  • Legal formNonprofit Corporation3
  • LEI549300FZSN0WQ20I3T653
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressALUMNI MEMORIAL BLDG 27, 18015 Bethlehem, United States3
  • Registered withPennsylvania Department of State, 7140993

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Lehigh University Alumni Building
Photo: Matt Casey, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer. Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2022, the university had 5,911 undergraduate students and 1,781 graduate students. The university is classified as "Doctoral Universities R1: Very High Research Activity".2

Corporate structure

Lehigh University sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Lehigh University Art Galleries Subsidiary · Pennsylvania, United States
    • Lehigh University Libraries Subsidiary · Bethlehem, United States
    • Goodman Stadium Owned · Pennsylvania, United States
    • Lehigh Baseball Field Owned · Lehigh University, United States
    • Stabler Arena Owned · Bethlehem, United States
    • Taylor Stadium Owned · Bethlehem, United States
    • WLVR-FM Owned · Pennsylvania, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Lehigh University reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Goodman Stadium
  • Lehigh Baseball Field
  • Stabler Arena
  • Taylor Stadium
  • WLVR-FM

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Asa Packer in 1865.1

Lehigh University was founded by Asa Packer on July 27, 1865 as an all boys University with the express goal of providing a "thorough education" in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, mining engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, the classics, and general literature. At the time of its foundation any male over the age of 16 could attend if they demonstrated a complete knowledge of arithmetic and passed a test on both Latin and ancient Greek grammar and literature.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lehigh University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Lehigh University, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Lehigh introduced business and economics classes in 1893, with the first dedicated classes in economics being offered in 1897 and the first professor of economics being hired by the school, John L. Stewart, in 1898. Stewart is credited with creating the College of Business in 1918, establishing its original courses and teaching most of the classes himself. The college's inaugural class of 1922 numbered just 77. Through the 1930s the College of Business Administration stayed consistent, with around 10 professors and 350 students, and in 1938 was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, with enrollment that year jumping to 465, or 25% of the total student body. In 1952 the College of Business Administration began offering a five-year course in Industrial engineering and business, as well as graduate courses for Master of Business Administration degrees and was expanded to include Master of Science degrees by 1964. In 1957 the college moved from Coppée Hall to the purpose-built Drown Hall.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lehigh University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Lehigh University Art Galleries
  • Lehigh University Libraries

Also owns

  • Goodman Stadium
  • Lehigh Baseball Field
  • Stabler Arena
  • Taylor Stadium
  • WLVR-FM

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20201,8611

Timeline

  1. 1865Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$585.1M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $585.1M in all. Federal grants $510.0M; Other federal assistance $68.6M; Federal contracts $6.5M.$0$20M$40M$60M$80M2008 · Federal grants: $24.6M2008 · Other federal assistance: $3.1M2008 · Federal contracts: $469.6K20082009 · Federal grants: $23.1M2009 · Other federal assistance: $3.9M2009 · Federal contracts: $200.3K2010 · Federal grants: $23.7M2010 · Other federal assistance: $4.2M2010 · Federal contracts: $180.0K20102011 · Federal grants: $22.4M2011 · Other federal assistance: $4.0M2011 · Federal contracts: $72.3K2012 · Federal grants: $19.2M2012 · Other federal assistance: $3.3M2012 · Federal contracts: $202.4K20122013 · Federal grants: $19.1M2013 · Other federal assistance: $3.8M2013 · Federal contracts: $30.0K2014 · Federal grants: $19.7M2014 · Other federal assistance: $3.9M2014 · Federal contracts: $25.0K20142015 · Federal grants: $26.1M2015 · Other federal assistance: $4.0M2016 · Federal grants: $19.4M2016 · Other federal assistance: $4.0M2016 · Federal contracts: $84.6K20162017 · Federal grants: $22.8M2017 · Other federal assistance: $3832017 · Federal contracts: $40.0K2018 · Federal grants: $25.2M2018 · Federal contracts: $351.3K20182019 · Federal grants: $24.4M2019 · Federal contracts: $352.1K2020 · Federal grants: $29.9M2020 · Federal contracts: $516.9K20202021 · Federal grants: $42.5M2021 · Other federal assistance: $545.5K2021 · Federal contracts: $1.7M2022 · Federal grants: $36.0M2022 · Other federal assistance: $3.0M2022 · Federal contracts: $360.0K20222023 · Federal grants: $53.8M2023 · Other federal assistance: $7.4M2023 · Federal contracts: $817.5K2024 · Federal grants: $38.9M2024 · Other federal assistance: $8.5M2024 · Federal contracts: $200.1K20242025 · Federal grants: $23.2M2025 · Other federal assistance: $9.2M2025 · Federal contracts: $901.3K2026 · Federal grants: $16.2M2026 · Other federal assistance: $5.8M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceFederal contractsTotal
2026$16.2M$5.8M–$22.0M
2025$23.2M$9.2M$901.3K$33.3M
2024$38.9M$8.5M$200.1K$47.6M
2023$53.8M$7.4M$817.5K$61.9M
2022$36.0M$3.0M$360.0K$39.4M
2021$42.5M$545.5K$1.7M$44.7M
2020$29.9M–$516.9K$30.5M
2019$24.4M–$352.1K$24.7M
2018$25.2M–$351.3K$25.6M
2017$22.8M$383$40.0K$22.8M
2016$19.4M$4.0M$84.6K$23.5M
2015$26.1M$4.0M–$30.1M
2014$19.7M$3.9M$25.0K$23.6M
2013$19.1M$3.8M$30.0K$22.9M
2012$19.2M$3.3M$202.4K$22.7M
2011$22.4M$4.0M$72.3K$26.4M
2010$23.7M$4.2M$180.0K$28.1M
2009$23.1M$3.9M$200.3K$27.1M
2008$24.6M$3.1M$469.6K$28.2M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov7, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 2 registered units. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Jul 1, 2008$10.4M from Department of Education: Research In Special Education8 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award R324C080006
  2. Feb 15, 2022$9.8M from Department of the Army: Basic Scientific Research9 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award W911NF2220032
  3. May 6, 2020$9.8M from Department of Education: Education Stabilization Fund10 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award P425F200887
  4. Apr 28, 2020$8.2M from Department of Education: Education Stabilization Fund11 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award P425E203106
  5. Jun 13, 2011$6.7M from Department of Defense: Basic And Applied Scientific Research12 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award N000141110678
  6. Sep 1, 2022$6.4M from Department of the Navy: Basic And Applied Scientific Research13 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award N000142212616
  7. Jan 1, 2021$6.4M from National Science Foundation: Engineering14 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award 2037771
  8. Feb 1, 2024$6.0M from National Science Foundation: Mathematical And Physical Sciences; Social, Behavioral, And Economic Sciences; Nsf Technology, Innovation, And Partnerships15 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award 2331417

Largest direct payments

  1. $8.0M from Department of Education: Federal Pell Grant Program16 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award P063P242115
  2. $7.7M from Department of Education: Federal Pell Grant Program17 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award P063P252115
  3. $6.1M from Department of Education: Federal Pell Grant Program18 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award P063P232115

Largest contracts

  1. Jul 30, 2021$1.3M from Department of the Army: Research & development services u43704019 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award W913E521C0015
  2. Sep 29, 2020$964.7K from Department of State: To perform "seismic explosion for lg magnitude calibration in western magnolia.20 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award 19AQMM20P1477
  3. Sep 15, 2025$831.4K from Department of the Army: Research & development baa 24-0005 "improved multi-sensor multi-wavelength microwave estimation of snow mass & snow melt timing for environm21 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award W913E525C0014
  4. Aug 7, 2006$708.2K from Department of the Army: Usa communications-electronics lehigh university brodhead ave bethlehem pa bethlehem northampton penn rdte/electronics communication eq-adv 22 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award W15P7T06CP430
  5. Apr 4, 2018$448.5K from Department of the Army: Igf::ot::igf project wp18-107423 To LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Award W912HQ18C0011

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