General

• 3,400 undergraduate students and 150 graduate students
• Students from 46 states, 41 countries || Demographics
• About three hours from New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
• A record 9,020 applicants for about 915 spaces || Class of 2010 profile 
• Brian C. Mitchell became Bucknell's 16th president in July 2004 || Biography

Academics

• All classes are taught by faculty
• More than 50 majors and 60 minors
• Pre-professional programs in law and medicine
• Faculty-mentored undergraduate research opportunities across all disciplines
• 11-to-1 student-faculty ratio
• 89 percent graduate within five years - among the highest in the U.S.
• 301 full-time faculty, 19 part-time faculty
• Nearly 97 percent of regular faculty hold Ph.D. or equivalent degree
• 62 percent of faculty are tenured
• 96 percent of first-year students return as sophomores
• 17th among U.S. liberal arts colleges for the number of graduates receiving doctorates
• 24 percent of engineering students are women

Student Life

• 42 percent of students spend a semester or more studying off campus
• 19th among bachelor's institutions for number of students studying abroad
• More than 150 student organizations, 12 fraternities, and six sororities
• 85 percent of seniors participate in community service or volunteer work
• 96 percent of graduates are employed or pursue advanced degrees within six months of graduation
• Student-run radio station, newspaper, and literary publications

The Campus

• 450-acre campus
• More than 100 facilities, including performing arts center, art gallery, and state-of-the-art fitness center
• 88 percent of all students live on campus
• All student housing connected to high-speed Internet
• Substantial campus wireless network
• Digital television in residence halls

Athletics

• 93 percent of student-athletes graduate within six years
• Fourth in the U.S. for the number of student-athletes named to Academic All-America teams
• Student-athlete graduation fourth highest in nation among all Division I programs
• Intercollegiate program of 27 sports - 13 men's and 14 women's
• Member of the Patriot League with American, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Navy in Division I
• Winner of the Patriot League's Presidents' Cup, the league's all-sports trophy, 13 of the last 17 years
• Extensive intramural and club sport programs

Financial

• Bucknell's average financial aid award is more than $22,000
• 60 percent of the students in the Class of 2010 received some form of financial aid
• Students receive more than $27 million in institutional finance aid each year
• 2006-07 tuition and fees estimated at $43,368, including $35,802 for tuition, $7,366 for room and board, and $200 for student fees

Alumni

• Within six months after graduation, 96 percent of the senior class is employed or in graduate/professional school
• 47,000 alumni live, work, and contribute actively in every state in the United States and nearly 100 countries
• The most heavily populated states with Bucknell alumni, in order: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, and California
• Bucknell supports 40 geographic clubs around the world
• Clubs host 150 total events a year, uniting thousands of alumni, parents, and friends
• The highly accomplished alumni community includes a 1998 Pulitzer Prize recipient, chief executive officer of CBS Corp., president of Lord & Taylor, founder of LendingTree.com, co-founder of The Home Depot Inc., and the first chief technology officer for PBS

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