Transferring to Lehigh: your chances, deadlines and credits
Transfer acceptance rate: 24.3%
Transfer acceptance rate
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
For fall 2025, Lehigh admitted 195 of 804 transfer applicants (24.3%).
Checked November 9, 2026. Selective
- Fall 2027 deadline
- Apr 1, 2027Source, 2026-2027
- SAT or ACT
- Not requiredSource, 2026-2027
- Lowest grade that transfers
- CSource, 2026-2027
- Interview
- Not offeredSource, undated page
Lehigh transfer acceptance rate
Lehigh's transfer acceptance rate for fall 2025 was 24.3%. 60 transfer students enrolled. The first-year rate the same year was 29%.
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
The Common Data Set is the official data report colleges publish each year.
Transfer and first-year applicants are different groups. Use the first-year rate as context only.
This rate covers everyone who applied. Your major can move it a lot, and the report does not split it by major.
The data report counts fall 2025 transfers: 804 applied, 195 were admitted and 60 enrolled. Lehigh also enrolls spring transfers, and this table is fall only.
Source: Lehigh Common Data Set, section D, 2025-2026
Our read: Only 60 of 195 admitted students enrolled. That tells you many admitted transfers chose somewhere else. It does not tell you what any one of them had on their record.
Transfer requirements
Lehigh does not require SAT or ACT scores. There is no interview.
SAT or ACT scoresNot required
Lehigh does not require SAT, ACT or SAT subject exams for transfer admission.
Source, 2026-2027
You apply through the Common Application or the Coalition Application with Scoir. The fee is $75, paid through that site. You also need your final high school transcript, and Lehigh holds transfers to the same high school requirements as first-years.
Source: Lehigh admission requirements, undated page
Official college transcripts must come from every post-secondary school you attended, sent by a school official.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
If you hold a bachelor's or master's degree, you can apply on the standard forms. An advisor builds a special degree plan, credit does not transfer the usual way, and you are not eligible for institutional need-based aid.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Transfer deadlines for fall 2027
For fall 2027 entry, the application deadline is April 1, 2027.
Source: Lehigh University transfer information, 2026-2027
Spring enrollment is open. The admission deadline for spring is November 1. Fall is April 1. The general college division, which is non-degree, has its own July 1 and December 1 dates.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
- Application deadlineApril 1, 2027Source, 2026-2027
What GPA do you need?
Lehigh says there is no minimum required GPA. It says competitive applicants typically have a GPA of 3.25 or above.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
The data report lists a minimum college GPA of 3 for transfer applicants (D7). The transfer page says there is no minimum required GPA. We cannot tell which one Lehigh applies, so treat 3.0 as the floor to aim above.
Source: Lehigh Common Data Set, section D, 2025-2026; Lehigh transfer students, undated page
A GPA that matches past admits is not a cutoff, and it does not mean you are in.
What Lehigh looks for
Our read: That is a description of who tends to be competitive, not a cutoff. Read it as the low end of the usual pool.
You must be in good academic standing at your previous school. Lehigh asks that school to complete a Conduct Report Form. You cannot submit it yourself.
Source: Lehigh admission requirements, undated page; Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Lehigh does not offer transfer interviews. It does not require the SAT, ACT or SAT subject exams.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page; Lehigh admission requirements, undated page
Lehigh says it welcomes transfer applications from students currently enrolled at other two- or four-year colleges, and it also accepts applications from people who already hold a bachelor's degree. The data report sets a minimum of 24 credit hours before you can apply as a transfer instead of a first-year.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page; Lehigh Common Data Set, section D, 2025-2026
Our read: Lehigh has five colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health, and the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. We found no page with separate transfer rules for any of them. Ask transfers@lehigh.edu whether your college changes the odds before you spend time on an application.
Transfer essays and supplements
The transfer sections we opened do not mention an essay, recommendations or a writing supplement. The data report marks an essay or personal statement as recommended of all transfer applicants, not required.
Source: Lehigh admission requirements, undated page; Lehigh Common Data Set, section D, 2025-2026
Our read: Do not assume there is no essay. Open the Common Application transfer questions for Lehigh yourself and confirm with transfers@lehigh.edu.
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Will your credits transfer?
Each course needs a C or better.
Lowest grade that transfers
C or better
Only courses with a C or better transfer. A C- does not transfer.
Source, 2026-2027
Evaluation starts after you are admitted. Lehigh will not award credit until it has your final transcript with grades. Registration and Academic Services makes the final call with faculty.
Source: Lehigh transfer credit evaluation Q&A, undated page; Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Only grades of C or better transfer. A C- does not. Pass/fail courses do not transfer. Your old grades do not enter your Lehigh GPA. Quarter courses convert at 3 to 2. A 3-credit course that meets a 4-credit Lehigh requirement gives 3 Lehigh credits.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
General credit counts toward your total credit requirement but not toward your major. For College of Business and Rossin students it also does not count toward college core courses. Specific course credit needs the department to agree the course is rigorous enough.
Source: Lehigh transfer credit evaluation Q&A, undated page
The data report caps transfer credit at 60 from a two-year school and 90 from a four-year school, and says transfers complete at least 60 credits at Lehigh for a bachelor's degree.
Source: Lehigh Common Data Set, section D, 2025-2026
Syllabi are the main evidence. Lehigh wants the one from the term you took the course, not a newer one. It checks term length, contact hours, outcomes, weekly readings and graded work.
Source: Lehigh transfer credit evaluation Q&A, undated page
Our read: If you are in engineering or business, expect general credit for many courses, not core credit. Find your department's contact early and ask before you commit to the deposit.
If it does not work out
The Phi Theta Kappa scholarship gives $10,000 per academic year on top of need-based aid. It renews for up to eight consecutive semesters with a 2.8 GPA and full-time enrollment. Lehigh says other merit and talent scholarships for transfers are limited.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Transfer financial aid applications follow the same dates as admission: November 1 for spring and April 1 for fall.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
- University of California, BerkeleySimilar odds
- University of California, Los AngelesSimilar odds
- Emory UniversitySimilar odds
- University of MichiganTakes more transfers
Questions students ask
Do I need the SAT or ACT?
No. Lehigh does not require the SAT, ACT or SAT subject exams for transfer admission.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Will my transfer grades count in my Lehigh GPA?
No. Transfer grades are not calculated in the Lehigh GPA, and a transfer course cannot replace a prior grade there.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Do AP scores count?
Most scores of 4 or 5 qualify. Calculus AB, Chemistry and both English exams need a 5. Most IB higher-level scores of 6 or 7 qualify. Send scores after admission.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Can I start in spring?
Yes. The spring deadline is November 1.
Source: Lehigh transfer students, undated page
Can I find out what transfers before I pay the deposit?
Send your materials as soon as you are admitted to get a preliminary evaluation. It expects at least general credit and still needs department review.
Source: Lehigh transfer credit evaluation Q&A, undated page
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Sources
- Official school data report, 2025-2026
- Lehigh transfer students, undated page
- Lehigh admission requirements, undated page
- Lehigh transfer credit evaluation Q&A, undated page
Numbers come from official reports, read by our tools and checked. Notes were drafted with AI tools from the official pages linked beside them. A person has not reviewed this guide yet. Admission decisions belong to each college, and no one can promise one.