How has CUNY Lehman College changed over time?

Multi-year trends in admissions, enrollment, test scores, and cost. Every chart is labeled with its data source and the years it covers — no smoothing, no mixing sources.

Admission rate

Admission rate rose from 23% (2010) to 57% (2024).

Applicants and students admitted

Applicants rose from 15,291 (2010) to 22,347 (2024).

Enrollment

Total enrollment rose from 12,115 (2010) to 13,324 (2024).

SAT mid-50% range

SAT mid-50% range moved from 910–1080 (2016) to 850–1150 (2024).

Score data describes enrolled freshmen, not all admitted students.
Years before 2016 use the old 2400-point SAT and are not shown.

ACT mid-50% range

Not enough history yet

CUNY Lehman College doesn't have enough years of comparable ACT data to chart. Many schools stopped reporting scores after going test-optional.

Cost

In-state tuition rose from $5,508 (2011) to $7,410 (2025).

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Data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education) and school Common Data Set filings; each chart names the source its series comes from. Most recent data year: 2025. Last updated October 19, 2026.