Bucknell University
Bucknell University admitted 29% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1310–1470 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $50,021 a year. Within six years, 85% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 29%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1310–1470
- ACT middle 50%
- 30–33
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $87,696 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $50,021 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,578 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $70,576 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 85%
- Students who return for a second year
- 94%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $109,954 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,486
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,876
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 15%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 21%
- Engineering
- 18%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 12%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 11%
- Business, management and marketing
- 9%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Trinity College CT · 29% admitted
- Bryn Mawr College PA · 29% admitted
- Franklin and Marshall College PA · 28% admitted
- The University of Texas at Austin TX · 27% admitted
- Macalester College MN · 28% admitted
- University of Florida FL · 24% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.