- Washington Monthly has included Lehman in its list of top 5 Best Bank for the Buck colleges in the Northeast. It also ranked Lehman among the Top 25 colleges offering master's degrees. The lists include both public and private institutions known to provide a high-quality education at an affordable cost.
- EDsmart has rated Lehman College as one of the Top Ten Most Affordable Colleges & Universities for 2024. EDsmart assessed colleges and universities based on data that covered: Cost, Academic Quality, Student satisfaction, and Salary After Attending.
- Money has selected Lehman as one of 2023 Best Colleges. The process evaluated over 2,400 public and private four-year colleges and rated them according to quality, affordability and student outcomes.
- Degree Choices has selected Lehman as one of the Best Colleges in New York. Rankings are determined heavily by economic return on investment and the length of time it takes students to repay the costs of their college education.
- Abound has selected Lehman as one of the Top Schools for Adult Degrees. The organization evaluates colleges' affordability for older students and those returning to college.
- U.S. News & World Report ranked Lehman No. 6 among nearly 200 regional colleges in the North on its list of Top Performers on Social Mobility. Lehman was ranked among the top 25 on its list of Top Public Schools. Colleges are scored on criteria including graduation outcomes, student debt, social mobility, and faculty resources.
- Washington Monthly rated Lehman in the top 20 of "Best Bang for the Buck Northeast Colleges". The list includes both public and private regional institutions known to provide a high-quality education at an affordable cost.
- CollegeNET's annual Social Mobility Index ranked Lehman No. 18 in its list of the top 20 schools for 2022. The index, which includes 1,414 four-year colleges and universities in the U.S., ranks institutions by their success in enrolling and graduating students from low-income backgrounds who go on to attain well-paying jobs. This year's index included a new criterion, "Ethos," which measures how effectively colleges communicate the value of their mission to improve social mobility.
- Degree Choices ranked Lehman No. 1 in its 2022-2023 list of best Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationwide, and No. 2 in best colleges in New York State.Lehman stood out in Degree Choices' rankings of academic programs as well, rating No. 1 in Nursing and Psychology and No. 4 in undergraduate Business Administration programs. Degree Choices uses U.S. Department of Education data to rank schools and programs on the economic outcomes of their graduates.
- Lehman made Forbes' 2022 list of America's Top Colleges, ranking in the top 30% of public institutions nationwide. College rankings are based on graduation rate, employment, and college debt statistics as well as data from the federal government, think tanks, and professional organizations.
- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named Lehman College one of 43 Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution Leaders. The designation recognizes HSIs that have demonstrated noteworthy engagement with the Fulbright program.