Facts About Lehman

• Type of College:A senior liberal arts college in The City University of New York, founded in 1968 and offering more than 50 undergraduate majors and programs; almost 40 graduate degree programs; 15 advanced certificates; and one doctoral program in conjunction with the CUNY Graduate Center.
• Location: 37-acre campus in the northwest Bronx, across from the Jerome Park Reservoir and centered along a major educational corridor with five neighboring public schools.
• Enrollment (Fall 2011): 9,863 undergraduate students and 2,424 graduate students, for a total of 12,287 students.
• Undergraduate Profile (Fall 2011): Gender: 69% female / 31% male. Age: Under 25: 59% / Over 25: 41%.
• Honors Students (Fall 2011): 193, including the Macaulay Honors College at Lehman (68) and the Lehman Scholars Program (125).
• Degrees Awarded (2011): 1,877 bachelor's degrees; 716 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 62,000 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 2010, Lehman was awarded $26 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.

Recent Recognition (partial list):

• Ranked in 2011 and 2010 by U.S. News & World Report as a Tier 1 and Top 50 Public College for Regional Universities (Northeast).
• One of only 13 institutions nationally to be selected as an "Institution of Excellence" in the First Year of College.
• First of the CUNY colleges to be accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Reaccredited by NCATE (2007).
• Student-produced video magazine “Inside Lehman:” 22 awards since 2002.

Notable Academic Programs

• CUNY Flagship Initiatives in teacher education, new media, and structural and molecular biosciences. Lehman houses the CUNY doctoral program in the plant sciences and has a long-standing collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden.
• Nationally Recognized Research Programs in biological sciences, psychology, mathematics and computer science, physics, and astronomy receive substantial support from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation for faculty research initiatives and to prepare minority students to become future scientists.
• Master's Degrees in Educational Leadership, Public Health, and Social Work. Lehman is the only institution in the Bronx offering these three graduate programs.
• Lehman Online. From one course in Spring 1997, the program grew by Fall 2011 to 281 course sections, enrolling 5,213 students, and included more asynchronous courses (taught completely online) than any other CUNY senior college.
• Global Outreach. Lehman has established a nursing program with Sungshin Women's University in South Korea.

Notable Facilities

• New Facilities: Completed since 2005 (partial list): $16 million Multimedia Center, assistive technology lab, organic chemistry teaching lab, research labs in anthropology, biology, chemistry, psychology, and speech-language-hearing sciences, site lighting (phase II), ballfield lighting, and the Lehman Community Garden.
• Facilities Under Construction:$70 million Phase One of a three-phase science facility, featuring
  updated, versatile classrooms, labs, and instrumentation; a rooftop teaching and research greenhouse; and environmentally sustainable technologies; $6.3 million new Child Care Center.
• Lehman Speech and Hearing Center: Lehman has operated a Speech and Hearing Center for the community since 1968. A new state-of-the-art clinic continues to serve area residents of all ages, operating as part of Lehman's highly regarded graduate program in speech-language pathology.
• Performing Arts Center: This premier performance space brings local as well as world-renowned artists to entertain audiences. Hosting over thirty shows each year, it entertains more than 200,000 visitors from the Bronx, Westchester, New Jersey, and Manhattan.
• The Lehman College Art Gallery has brought important contemporary art to Bronx audiences free of charge since 1984, making significant opportunities available to local artists to advance their careers and achieve a higher level of recognition for their work. The Gallery is also an Arts Learning Center for K-12 students, teachers, college classes, and community residents, as well as a pioneer in the use of interactive media for the visual arts.
• The APEX: This world-class sports and recreation complex hosts major athletic competitions as well as high school and college games and helps to promote community fitness.
• Lehman Stages: This performance/rehearsal facility includes four different theatre and dance venues.

Community Resources and Partnerships (Partial List)

• Bronx Small Business Development Center (SBDC): The Bronx SBDC opened at Lehman College in January 2000. By the close of 2011, it had counseled 7,882 clients, saving or creating 2,551 jobs and making a total financing or economic impact of $82.1 million.
• Bronxnet: Lehman has housed the studios of this municipal access cable station ever since its establishment in 1988. Bronxnet administers four television channels and provides a wide variety of community programming, as well as television production training for Bronx residents and students at Bronx colleges.
• Bronx Institute: This CUNY Institute, headquartered at Lehman, has worked intensively over the past decade to create a “college-going culture” among Bronx middle- and high school students. To date, more than 10,000 students in over fifty schools have benefited from its programs and efforts.
• School Partnerships and Collaborations: Lehman, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education, is a partner in nine of the borough’s small high schools. These schools include: The High School of American Studies at Lehman College; Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music; High School for Teaching and the Professions; Bronx Health Sciences High School; Astor Collegiate Academy; Bronx High School for the Visual Arts; The Marie Curie High School for Nursing, Medicine, and the Allied Health Professions; Renaissance High School of Musical Theater; and the Marble Hill High School for International Studies.

Last modified: Feb 6, 2012