We're looking for creators and critical thinkers who ask difficult questions and blaze new trails. Applications for Bucknell's Class of 2026 are now open. Bucknell's new account will feature student takeovers and other glimpses of life on campus. At our Virtual Welcome Center, you'll find the Admissions materials available in our actual lobby, digitized for your convenience.
We're an undergraduate, liberal arts university in the heart of Pennsylvania - a small school with a lot to offer, including more than 60 majors in three top colleges: Arts & Sciences, Engineering and the Freeman College of Management. Here, you'll meet students and professors who share your curiosity as you take what you're learning beyond the classroom and into the real world.
Bucknell prepares graduates to enjoy meaningful work in a diverse range of fields - financial services, technology, engineering, communications, education, entertainment and many more.
We're an undergraduate, liberal arts university in the heart of Pennsylvania - a small school with a lot to offer, including more than 60 majors in three top colleges: Arts & Sciences, Engineering and the Freeman College of Management. Here, you'll meet students and professors who share your curiosity as you take what you're learning beyond the classroom and into the real world.
Bucknell prepares graduates to enjoy meaningful work in a diverse range of fields - financial services, technology, engineering, communications, education, entertainment and many more.
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Bucknell University is redefining the college experience, and we're ready to show you how.
We're a life-changing university in central Pennsylvania where liberal arts and professional programs complement each other through the intersection of our three nationally recognized colleges: Arts & Sciences, Engineering and the Freeman College of Management.
At Bucknell, you can choose from more than 60 majors and 70 minors - giving you the freedom to pursue your interests and combine fields.
Our alumni include an English major who's a top stem-cell researcher and an engineering major who has won two Academy Awards for visual effects.
We're a life-changing university in central Pennsylvania where liberal arts and professional programs complement each other through the intersection of our three nationally recognized colleges: Arts & Sciences, Engineering and the Freeman College of Management.
At Bucknell, you can choose from more than 60 majors and 70 minors - giving you the freedom to pursue your interests and combine fields.
Our alumni include an English major who's a top stem-cell researcher and an engineering major who has won two Academy Awards for visual effects.
Plan a Visit
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When you visit campus for an information session and guided tour, chat with our student ambassadors online, or experience a virtual tour of campus, you'll have a front-row seat as you explore this place we call home.
This combination of in-person and virtual visit offerings means you can learn more about Bucknell in the way that fits you and your family best.
In-person Admissions visits have resumed with new protocols designed to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Visits include an information session and/or a guided campus tour, which includes opportunities to enter buildings on campus.
This combination of in-person and virtual visit offerings means you can learn more about Bucknell in the way that fits you and your family best.
In-person Admissions visits have resumed with new protocols designed to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Visits include an information session and/or a guided campus tour, which includes opportunities to enter buildings on campus.
Outcomes
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At Bucknell, we value the journey just as much as the destination.
That's why understanding where graduates go after Bucknell begins with understanding how they got here.
Students from across the country - and around the world - arrive at Bucknell ready to innovate, explore and solve problems they didn't create.
While here, they make scientific breakthroughs, embrace new ideas and work shoulder to shoulder with our impressive faculty.
The setting makes a difference, too.
Bucknell offers the resources of a large university but in an intimate, highly personalized environment where students are free to live, learn and grow.
That's why understanding where graduates go after Bucknell begins with understanding how they got here.
Students from across the country - and around the world - arrive at Bucknell ready to innovate, explore and solve problems they didn't create.
While here, they make scientific breakthroughs, embrace new ideas and work shoulder to shoulder with our impressive faculty.
The setting makes a difference, too.
Bucknell offers the resources of a large university but in an intimate, highly personalized environment where students are free to live, learn and grow.
Bucknell Magazine
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The award-winning Bucknell Magazine is published quarterly for more than 50,000 alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, friends and donors.
It aims to engage its readers, inspire pride in the University and cultivate a sense of shared experience and purpose.
In this issue of Bucknell Magazine you'll learn about design justice, a philosophy that is being increasingly embraced at Bucknell and other forward-thinking colleges and universities.
In our cover story, our professors share how they encourage students to step outside their computer science and engineering classrooms to understand the world more thoroughly and equitably.
It aims to engage its readers, inspire pride in the University and cultivate a sense of shared experience and purpose.
In this issue of Bucknell Magazine you'll learn about design justice, a philosophy that is being increasingly embraced at Bucknell and other forward-thinking colleges and universities.
In our cover story, our professors share how they encourage students to step outside their computer science and engineering classrooms to understand the world more thoroughly and equitably.
History & Traditions
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Since 1846, Bucknell University has pushed the boundaries of undergraduate education and actively shaped the world outside Lewisburg.
It's a tradition that continues today, with our distinct mix of liberal arts and professional programs giving students almost unlimited options to pursue their intellectual interests and passions.
We're also proud that we've fostered a diverse, inclusive, supportive academic community throughout our history.
From the opening of our Female Institute in 1852 to our first international student's graduation in 1864 to our first African American student's graduation in 1875, we've been opening doors to education from our earliest days.
It's a tradition that continues today, with our distinct mix of liberal arts and professional programs giving students almost unlimited options to pursue their intellectual interests and passions.
We're also proud that we've fostered a diverse, inclusive, supportive academic community throughout our history.
From the opening of our Female Institute in 1852 to our first international student's graduation in 1864 to our first African American student's graduation in 1875, we've been opening doors to education from our earliest days.
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