College · Private nonprofit · Lewisburg, PA · Town
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Admit rate29%
6-yr median pay$79k
Net price / yr$41k
Undergrad size3,876
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $41k/yr for a shot at a $79k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 29% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1410 · ACT 31.
If you get in
3,876 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $84k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $41k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$335k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$163k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$172k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $67.8k
- Room & board
- $16.9k
- Books & supplies
- $900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants12%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans35%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention95%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr86%
Most finish on time.
6-yr median pay$79k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$94k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 3,876
- Location
- Lewisburg, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White73%
- Hispanic9%
- International4%
- Asian4%
- Black4%
- Two or more races4%
First-gen students12%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$107k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 53
What you can study.