Lehman College, a senior liberal arts college of The City University of New York, was founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within CUNY in September 1967.is located on a tree-lined 37-acre campus. With more than 12,800 students and a wide range of academic offerings, Lehman prides itself on its excellent faculty and successful students that are empowered, engaged and educated.
Lehman is more than a college: it is a place where high academic standards and a commitment to advancing the tenets of social justice live side-by-side.
Our proud achievements in teaching, research, and community engagement have established Lehman as the intellectual, economic, and cultural center of the great resilient borough of the Bronx, and our alumni have gone on to productive careers here, in the New York Metropolitan area, and beyond.
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