Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- Town
- 3,876 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 29%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $50,021per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 86%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $109,95410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
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Getting in
- Admit rate
- 29%About 3 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1310–1470Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 30–33Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Bucknell University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
35% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.58. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 32%3,723 admitted of 11,561 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 55%656 admitted of 1,200. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 11%150 admitted of 1,384 who stayed on the wait list (2,908 were offered a spot)
- Top 10% of their class
- 56%85% were in the top quarter. Based on the 18% whose school ranks.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Essay
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Considered
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Religious affiliation
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Interview
- Living in the state
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Bucknell University Common Data Set 2025–26; College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $50,021full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $87,696sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $70,576Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 86%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $109,95410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,486federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,876Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 15%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 12%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of Scranton Scranton, PA — admits 81%
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA — admits 89%
- Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA — admits 81%
- Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA — admits 84%
Also worth a look
- Fairfield University Fairfield, CT — admits 33%
- Spelman College Atlanta, GA — admits 25%
- Emerson College Boston, MA — admits 51%
- Providence College Providence, RI — admits 51%
- Villanova University Villanova, PA — admits 27%
- Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI — admits 19%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Bucknell University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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