Lehman College

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Lehman College
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468

Phone: 718-960-8000

Lehman at a Glance
2009-2010 Facts About Lehman College

* Type of College: A senior liberal arts college in The City University of New York, founded in 1968 and offering 69 undergraduate majors and programs and 39 graduate degree programs.
* Location: 37-acre campus in the northwest Bronx across from the Jerome Park Reservoir and centered along a major educational corridor with four neighboring public schools
* Enrollment: Fall 2009): 9,720 undergraduate students and 2,475 graduate students, for a total of 12,195 students
* Undergraduate Profile: (Fall 2009): Gender: 70% female / 30% male, Age: Under 25: 60% / Over 25: 40%
* Financial Aid: 75% receive financial aid
* Honors Students: (Fall 2009): 178, including the Macaulay Honors College at Lehman (58), the CUNY Teacher Academy at Lehman (15), and the Lehman Scholars Program (105)
* Average Class Size: 19
* Degrees Awarded: (2009): 1,488 bachelor’s degrees; 641 master’s degrees
* Notable Faculty: Seven Distinguished Professors, including Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States (2001-2003) and New York State Poet Laureate (2004-2006), and composer John Corigliano, winner of both the Academy Award (2000) and the Pulitzer Prize for Music (2001)
* Alumni: Over 60,000 in law, medicine, teaching, business, the arts, social services, and healthcare. Almost half live in the Bronx or elsewhere in New York City.
* Research: For FY 2008, Lehman was awarded $18.77 million from Federal and State agencies as well as private sources to support scholarly research and to provide special services to local K-12 schools, community organizations, and residents of the Bronx and the metropolitan area. As a result, Lehman ranked fourth in this area among the 14 CUNY senior colleges.