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Graduate Student Career Outcomes: Job Placement Success and Further Education

Learn where the Class of 2023 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 85,000+ Lehigh family, with the confidence and credentials to excel in your field of choice.

1,700+

graduate students

80+

graduate programs

30K+

graduate alumni

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Graduate Outcomes Summary

 
 
86%

of the Class of 2023 are employed, continuing education, or pursuing military or volunteer service

Outcomes Percent
Employed 72%
Continuing Education 13%
Still Seeking Employment 13%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education at This Time 2%
$94K

average starting salary

505

masters graduates

94

doctoral graduates

Graduate Outcomes

Masters Outcomes

 
 
84%

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

$61K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed49%
Continuing Education32%
Still Seeking Employment15%
Other4%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Education: K-1218%
Consulting11%
Healthcare11%
Nonprofit11%
Education: Higher Ed7%
Other (Government, Media/Entertainment, Energy, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Retail)42%

Top Employers

  • ADP
  • Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center 
  • Gilead Sciences 
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network 
  • Mainline Health 
  • PwC 
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Doctoral Outcomes

 
 
83%

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

$88K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed79%
Still Seeking Employment17%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education4%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Education: Higher Ed33%
Technology22%
Healthcare17%
Financial Services11%
Government11%
Manufacturing6%

Top Employers

  • Bates College 
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
  • Johnson & Johnson 
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory 
  • Mayo Clinic 
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
  • Purdue University 
  • United States Center for Disease Control

Learn more about College of Arts & Sciences graduate programs >

Masters Outcomes

 
 
95%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$129K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed87%
Continuing Education6%
Still Seeking Employment5%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education2%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Financial Services16%
Consulting12%
Technology12%
Healthcare11%
Energy10%
Manufacturing7%
Transportation and Logistics5%
Other (Consumer Packaged Goods, Higher Ed, Hospitality, Media, Government, Nonprofit, Real Estate)29%

Top Employers

  • Axtria 
  • PPL Electric 
  • Lutron 
  • AlphaSights
  • Keurig Dr. Pepper
  • Pfizer
  • Verizon
  • Comcast 
  • EY 
  • Johnson & Johnson 
  • Merck 
  • Charles Schwab 
  • Hershey 
  • Amazon 
  • United Nations 
  • NBA

Learn more about College of Business graduate programs >

Masters Outcomes

 
 
91%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$64K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed76%
Continuing Education15%
Still Seeking Employment9%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Education: K-1279%
Education: Higher Ed6%
Healthcare6%
Consulting1%
Technology1%
Other (Manufacturing, Media/Entertainment)7%

Top Employers

  • Allentown School District 
  • Bethlehem School District 
  • Lehigh University 
  • North Penn School District 
  • Southern Lehigh School District 
  • ABA Support Services 
  • Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health 
  • School District of Philadelphia

Learn more about College of Education masters programs >

Doctoral Outcomes

 
 
95%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$75K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed83%
Still Seeking Employment11%
Pursuing Further Education6%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Education: K-1243%
Healthcare36%
Education: Higher Ed14%
Consulting 7%

Top Employers

  • Bethlehem Area School District 
  • Alliance Psychology Associates 
  • Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
  • Mission for Educating Children with Autism 
  • Princeton University Counseling Services 
  • Resonance Educational Consulting 
  • Seoul International School 
  • University of Texas at Austin

Learn more about College of Education doctoral programs >

Masters Outcomes

 
 
80%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$85K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed61%
Continuing Education17%
Still Seeking Employment19%
Not Seeking Employment or Further Education3%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Manufacturing26%
Technology26%
Consulting12%
Energy11%
Healthcare8%
Government6%
Other (Higher Ed, Transportation & Logistics Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services, Real Estate)15%

Top Employers

  • 3M 
  • Axtria 
  • Merck 
  • Thornton Tomasetti 
  • Lehigh University 
  • Lockheed Martin 
  • National Grid 
  • Penn Engineering and Manufacturing

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

Doctoral Outcomes

 
 
78%

are employed, continuing education or pursuing military or volunteer service

$94K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed76%
Still Seeking Employment22%
Other (Not seeking employment)2%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Technology39%
Education: Higher Ed27%
Consulting8%
Energy5%
Government5%
Healthcare5%
Other (Manufacturing, Financial Services, Nonprofit)11%

Top Employers

  • Lehigh University 
  • General Electric 
  • Air Products
  • Vmware
  • Eversource Energy
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Nokia Bell Labs
  • University of Washington
  • Amazon 
  • Google 
  • Intel 
  • Harvard Medical School 
  • Meta 
  • Qualcomm 
  • Tesla 
  • University of Pennsylvania

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

Masters in Financial Engineering Outcomes

 
 
80%

of respondents from this program are employed

$93K

average starting salary

OutcomesPercent
Employed57%
Still Seeking Employment14%
Other (Not seeking employment)29%

Top Industries

IndustryPercent
Financial Services50%
Consulting25%
Technology25%

Top Employers

  • Axtria 
  • Asgard Capital 
  • Quantify Chaos

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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