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Graduate Student Career Outcomes: Job Placement Success and Further Education

Learn where the Class of 2024 landed after graduation—and discover where Lehigh can take you.

Graduate Education at Lehigh

At Lehigh, we take pride in providing great value for your investment. That value comes in the form of academic and research opportunities, faculty mentorship, and real world collaborative experience that prepares our students for success. You’ll leave as part of the 88,000+ Lehigh family, with the confidence and credentials to excel in your field of choice.

1,781

graduate students

80+

graduate programs

30K+

graduate alumni

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Graduate Outcomes Summary

 
 
82%

of the Class of 2024 are employed, continuing education, or pursuing military or volunteer service

Outcomes Percent
Employed 68%
Continuing Education 13%
Still Seeking Employment 18%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education at This Time 1%
$95K

average starting salary

487

masters graduates

99

doctoral graduates

Graduate Outcomes

Masters Outcomes

 
 
82%

are employed, continuing education, or pursuing military or volunteer service

$57K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed35%
Continuing Education45%
Still Seeking Employment18%
Other2%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Government41%
Education: Higher Ed24%
Healthcare18%
Energy6%
Education: K-126%
Nonprofit5%

Top Employers

  • Alleghany County’s Department of Human Services
  • Bright State Solar
  • GSK
  • Lehigh University
  • Lehigh Planning Commission
  • Moravian University
  • Naval Research Lab
  • Octopharma Plasma
  • Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson)

Doctoral Outcomes

 
 
75%

are employed, continuing education, or pursuing military or volunteer service

$74K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed75%
Still Seeking Employment25%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Education: Higher Ed63%
Manufacturing13%
Technology13%
Healthcare6%
Other5%

Top Employers

  • Colgate University
  • Lehigh University
  • Mars
  • Merck
  • Momentum Performance Materials
  • Stockton University
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Science & Technology of China

Learn more about College of Arts & Sciences graduate programs >

Masters Outcomes

 
 
90%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$127K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed79%
Continuing Education10%
Still Seeking Employment10%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education1%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Manufacturing17%
Financial Services13%
Consulting12%
Technology11%
Healthcare9%
Energy8%
Media7%
Other (Includes: Education, Consumer Products, Retail, Transportation, Accounting, Government, Hospitality, Real Estate)23%

Top Employers

  • Axtria
  • PPL Electric
  • EY
  • Merck
  • Amazon
  • Airgas
  • Crayola
  • Bank of America
  • Comcast
  • Fidelity
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Honeywell
  • Mars Wrigley
  • NFL
  • Sanofi
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • UN Women

Learn more about College of Business graduate programs >

Masters Outcomes

 
 
93%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$64K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed82%
Continuing Education11%
Still Seeking Employment7%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Education: K-1272%
Healthcare10%
Education: Higher Ed5%
Consulting3%
Nonprofit3%
Other (Includes: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Technology)8%

Top Employers

  • Allentown School District
  • Applied Behavioral Analysis Support Services
  • Bethlehem School District
  • Carnegie Mellon Counseling Services
  • East Penn School District
  • Easton Area School District
  • Fulbright US Student Program
  • Lehigh University
  • Noble Charter Schools
  • NYC Department of Education
  • Therapy Center of Philadelphia
  • West Chester Area School District

Learn more about College of Education masters programs >

Doctoral Outcomes

 
 
100%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$80K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed94%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education6%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Healthcare43%
Education: Higher Ed29%
Education: K-1214%
Nonprofit7%
Other7%

Top Employers

  • Center for CBT
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Lehigh University
  • MetroHealth Medical Center
  • Milton Hershey School
  • Springfield School District
  • Sutter Health
  • Temple University

Learn more about College of Education doctoral programs >

Masters Outcomes

 
 
69%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$89K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed54%
Continuing Education14%
Still Seeking Employment31%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education1%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Manufacturing27%
Technology16%
Consulting12%
Energy9%
Healthcare9%
Other (Includes: Education, Financial Services, Government, Transportation, Media and Entertainment, Real Estate)27%

Top Employers

  • Active Solar
  • AstraZeneca
  • BAE Systems
  • ExxonMobil
  • GSK
  • Meta
  • NASA
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • Tesla
  • Yale University

Learn more about P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science masters programs >

Doctoral Outcomes

 
 
87%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$99K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed85%
Still Seeking Employment13%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education2%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Technology26%
Government26%
Education: Higher Ed13%
Energy8%
Healthcare8%
Other (Includes: Consulting, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Nonprofit, Real Estate, Retail)30%

Top Employers

  • Lehigh University
  • Brookhaven National Lab
  • Brown University
  • Bytedance
  • City of Philadelphia
  • Colgate-Palmolive
  • FDA
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Intel
  • NYU
  • Petco
  • Salesforce
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Washington University in St. Louis

Learn more about P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science doctoral programs >

Masters in Financial Engineering Outcomes

 
 
83%

of respondents from this program are employed

$102K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed58%
Still Seeking Employment17%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education25%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Financial Services86%
Technology14%

Top Employers

  • Bruderman Brothers
  • First Citizens
  • Lincoln Financial Group
  • MIAC
  • Resolution Life US
  • SPX Capital
  • Volos Portfolio Solutions

Learn more about the Masters in Financial Engineering program >

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Center for Career and Professional Development

The Center for Career & Professional Development

The mission of Lehigh’s Center for Career & Professional Development is to provide career education and connections that support student success. We fulfill this mission with a focus on students and their unique needs. Utilizing a blended learning approach, we deliver career education through career coaching, learning labs, workshops, classroom presentations, online tools and high impact experiential learning opportunities to enhance student development.

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