Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus vs Lehigh University

Madison, NJ · Bethlehem, PA · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-ACCEPT

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × PA
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Lehigh University: enrollment grew +18.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +76 students/yr fitted, r² 0.79.
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus: enrollment ranged 1,958–2,731 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus: acceptance rate eased +22.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.65).
  • Lehigh University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.14).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus vs Lehigh University

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Lehigh University leads on acceptance rate (25.9% vs 95.2% at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Lehigh University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($88,810 vs $45,916 at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Lehigh University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($105,584 vs $57,273 at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus and Lehigh University?
Lehigh University leads on acceptance rate at 25.9% versus 95.2% at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus and Lehigh University?
Lehigh University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $88,810 versus $45,916 at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus and Lehigh University?
Lehigh University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $105,584 versus $57,273 at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); acceptance rate focus for this pair · 2025