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Bucknell’s size is ideal — large enough to offer world-class resources and a range of extracurriculars but small enough that you’ll never feel lost in the crowd.
From accounting to women’s & gender studies, more options means more amazing things to discover. (See the full list here.)
Half of all Bucknell students study abroad. Many select a Bucknell-hosted, for-credit program in China, England, France, Ghana, Greece or Spain. (See the map here.)
Our low student-to-faculty ratio ensures your professors will know your name and help you shine.
White Haven, Pa.
Whether that’s animal behavior or accounting, French or finance, music or mechanical engineering, you’ll find opportunities that other schools reserve for seniors and grad students. That’s why 92% of our first-year students come back for their second year — far above the U.S. average of 73.5%.
“I like to be involved,” says the managing for sustainability major from Tucson, Ariz. “I’m constantly going, but that’s kind of what I need.”
The chance to maintain multiple interests — and not be forced to select one or two — is exactly why Faith picked Bucknell.
“It wasn’t just academics,” Faith says. “It was what Bucknell had to offer as a whole, as an experience.”
“I like to be involved,” says the managing for sustainability major from Tucson, Ariz. “I’m constantly going, but that’s kind of what I need.”
The chance to maintain multiple interests — and not be forced to select one or two — is exactly why Faith picked Bucknell.
“It wasn’t just academics,” Faith says. “It was what Bucknell had to offer as a whole, as an experience.”
Mackenzie Gross ’21
theatre and comparative & digital humanities
Poolesville, Md.
Mackenzie Gross ’21 directed a first-of-its-kind staging of Twelve Angry Men inside a prison 45 minutes from Bucknell.
Each week, Mackenzie and Professor Carl Milofsky, sociology, discussed the play’s modern significance with the cast, which included a mix of Bucknell students and inmates.
“The fact that at Bucknell, an undergraduate student can co-teach a class and direct a play at a prison — and be taken seriously — is just the most incredible thing to me,” Mackenzie says.
Connery Mayer ’21
finance
Newtown, Conn.
Working abroad is Connery Mayer ’21’s dream. When he starts applying for jobs overseas, he’ll have a head start on other applicants.
Connery took part in the Freeman College of Management’s Bucknell in Dublin summer program, a monthlong experience that pairs a course in Irish literature with an internship selected to match the student’s career aspirations.
“I was fully integrated in an Irish workplace,” he says. “I learned how to think on my feet without having someone hold my hand.”
A low student-to-faculty ratio (like ours, 9-to-1) means a high degree of personalization. It means professors have more time to devote to you.
A low student-to-faculty ratio (like ours, 9-to-1) means a high degree of personalization. It means professors have more time to devote to you.
When Professor Amal Kabalan, electrical & computer engineering, learned that some refugee children in her native country of Lebanon had to do homework under streetlights, she teamed up with her students to devise a solution. They developed solar backpacks that can be charged by the sun during the day and power lights and devices at night.
Shehryar Asif ’21, an electrical engineering major from Lahore, Pakistan, joined Kabalan on a trip to Lebanon to deliver the backpacks. But Shehryar did more than explain how the backpacks work. He gave a hands-on lesson in renewable energy.
Bucknell students say our campus is a perfectly picturesque place to live, learn and make world-changing discoveries. In fact, The Princeton Review, which ranks universities based on student surveys, called Bucknell one of the country’s 10 “most beautiful campuses.”
When it comes to accessing opportunities at Bucknell, there’s no pecking order. You’re as valued during your first year as you are in your senior year. Because we know that world-changing inspiration can strike at any time.
Academic East, Bucknell’s brand-new engineering and education building, is opening up hundreds of one-of-a-kind learning experiences for Bucknell students. For Patricia Cupay ’21, a civil engineering major from Beach Park, Ill., those experiences began months before the facility opened its doors.
As a research project, Patricia had access to the building throughout the 16 months it was under construction, tracking and explaining what was happening through the @bucknellbuilds Instagram account. Hands-on work with professors like Ronald Ziemian, civil & environmental engineering, has piqued her interest the way only a real-world experience can.
“Research has made my curiosity grow even bigger,” Patricia says. “Every time I answer a question I’m looking into, it leads me to more questions. There’s just so much to learn beyond what’s in the textbook.”
Academic East, Bucknell’s brand-new engineering and education building, is opening up hundreds of one-of-a-kind learning experiences for Bucknell students. For Patricia Cupay ’21, a civil engineering major from Beach Park, Ill., those experiences began months before the facility opened its doors.
As a research project, Patricia had access to the building throughout the 16 months it was under construction, tracking and explaining what was happening through the @bucknellbuilds Instagram account. Hands-on work with professors like Ronald Ziemian, civil & environmental engineering, has piqued her interest the way only a real-world experience can.
“Research has made my curiosity grow even bigger,” Patricia says. “Every time I answer a question I’m looking into, it leads me to more questions. There’s just so much to learn beyond what’s in the textbook.”
Experience next-level immersion as you study sustainable engineering in Japan, classical literature in Greece or intercultural management in Ireland — all while earning credits, serving others and gaining an international perspective that’ll look great on your resume.
They’re more than just pretty facades.
Design next-gen automobile technology in the car lab. Weld, 3D-print or craft at one of our three makerspaces. Dance, play music or act inside one of the most technologically advanced college theatres in the country.
And don’t worry about waiting your turn. You’ll have access to these resources from the day you arrive.
Theatre and Economics
At Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the new themed land at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort, every element is crafted with a Jedi master’s attention to detail.
Among the creative humans behind that next-level immersion: Rachel Sherbill ’09.
“Many of the theatre classes that I took, like scenic design, gave me practical, foundational skills that I use every day at work,” she says. “An economics background has also given me a great footing when working at a Fortune 500 company.”
At Bucknell, Rachel directed Schoolhouse Rock Live. Today, her production budget is considerably larger, but the underlying goal is still the same: designing memories that last.
“So many of the things we build at Walt Disney Imagineering end up being in our parks for 20-plus years and then they become cultural icons,” she says. “What a privilege it is to be part of something that brings so much magic and joy into people’s lives.”
We don’t feed your GPA and test scores into some sort of algorithm. We read your application personally and carefully, absorbing everything you provide so we can understand all that makes you unique.
When you’re ready, apply using either the Common Application or the Coalition Application. We look forward to meeting you.
Learn about applying at bucknell.edu/apply
We don’t feed your GPA and test scores into some sort of algorithm. We read your application personally and carefully, absorbing everything you provide so we can understand all that makes you unique.
When you’re ready, apply using either the Common Application or the Coalition Application. We look forward to meeting you.
Learn about applying at bucknell.edu/apply
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Each week on @iamraybucknell, our student-run Instagram account, a different student takes over to give you an unfiltered, authentic look at life at Bucknell.
This account, like everything at Bucknell, proves that students do incredible things when you eliminate barriers and give them room to shine.
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