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Bucknell University

Bucknell University
1 Dent Drive
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Official telephone: (570) 577-2000
Fax number: (570) 577-3760
Website: www.bucknell.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,569
Full-time undergraduates: 3,533
Part-time undergraduates: 36
Total graduate students: 56
Full-time graduate students: 44
Part-time graduate students: 12
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Middle Atlantic
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 77%
First-year student enrollment breakdown:
6.6% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.4% Hispanic/Latino
71.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
5.4% Nonresident Alien
0.1% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native
4.4% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.2% Hispanic/Latino
76.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
5.5% Nonresident Alien
0.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 450 acres
City or town school is located in: Lewisburg, PA
Population of city/town: 5,733
Nearest major city: Harrisburg, PA
Distance of nearest major city: 60 miles
Population of nearest major city: 49,188
Online campus map: www.bucknell.edu/map

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms (33%)
  • women's dorms (5%)
  • men's dorms (1%)
  • sorority housing (4%)
  • fraternity housing (6%)
  • single-student apartments (16%)
  • special housing for disabled students (1%)
  • special housing for international students (1%)
  • cooperative housing (1%)
  • other housing including Substance-free, LGBT, quiet, and special-interest housing. (32%)
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 100%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 91%
Percent of students who live off campus: 9%
Students required to live on campus: Upperclassmen must request special permission to live off-campus.
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 54%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, Smoking is prohibited in all campus buildings, at events, and within 20 feet of building entrances.
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1031
Other computer facilities/services: Wireless network.
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Special collections. Information commons. Music library.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Art gallery, greenhouse, herbarium, nature site, observatory, primate facility, gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, atomic force microscope, sediment transport flume; photography and engineering structural testing labs; performing arts, poetry, public policy, conference, teaching and learning, writing, and environmental centers.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, health insurance
Counseling services:
minority student, military, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, externships, job fairs, mock interviews.
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, special housing, adaptive equipment
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: 80%

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: John P. Hardt,
Athletic Director
Director of women's athletics: Maisha Kelly,
Associate Athletic Director/SWA
Athletics homepage: www.bucknell.edu/x510.xml
School colors: orange and blue
School mascot: Bison
Athletic conference memberships: Collegiate Water Polo Association (Division I), Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (Division I), Patriot League (Division I, Football FCS)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballnoNCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's crewno 
Men's cross-countrynoNCAA Div. I
Men's divingnoNCAA Div. I
Men's footballnoNCAA Div. IAA
Men's golfnoNCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyesNCAA Div. I
Men's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Men's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's tennisnoNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (indoor)noNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor)no 
Men's water polonoCollegiate Water Polo Association, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyesEastern Intercollegiate Wrestling, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's crewnoNCAA Div. I
Women's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Women's divingnoNCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeynoNCAA Div. I
Women's golfno 
Women's lacrosseyesNCAA Div. I
Women's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Women's softballnoNCAA Div. I
Women's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's tennisnoNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (indoor)no 
Women's track and field (outdoor)no 
Women's volleyballnoNCAA Div. I
Women's water polonoCollegiate Water Polo Association, NCAA Div. I
Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 22%
Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: 37%
Athletic facilities:
baseball, soccer, and softball fields; boathouse, field house (including racquetball courts, squash courts, indoor tennis, basketball, and climbing wall), fitness center, golf course, golf training center, gymnasium, natatorium, pavilion, stadium, tennis courts, high ropes course
Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball, billiards,cross-country, flag football, golf, inner tube water polo, platform tennis, racquetball, sand volleyball, soccer, softball, squash, table tennis, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball
Club sports for men:
baseball, crew, cycling, fencing, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, mountain biking, power lifting, roller hockey, rugby, sailing, skiing, snowboarding, soccer, squash, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball
Club sports for women:
cycling, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, mountain biking, power lifting, sailing, skiing, snowboarding, soccer, squash, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: no
Nearest international airport: Harrisburg, PA (70 miles)
Nearest other airport: Williamsport, PA (30 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Harrisburg, PA (70 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Lewisburg, PA (1 mile)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: 35%
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: poor
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 20% immediately
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Drexel University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Penn State University--University Park, University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Wake Forest University.
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 72% within six months of graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
ACE GRoup, Americorps, Bucknell University, Deloitte Consulting, General Electric Capital, Goldman Sachs, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, L'Oreal, Morgan Stanley, Nielsen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ralph Lauren, Teach for America, T. Rowe Price, UBS.
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org and current board member
  • Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corporation
  • Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.

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